NHS Change Day 2014 is an opportunity to show how the social care sector can support the delivery of more integrated care with our NHS colleagues. All you need is an idea of what you could do to make a positive difference. Then you make a pledge – a simple promise to yourself and others that you will act on that idea.
You can make your pledge at the NHS Change Day website and follow on Twitter using the hashtag #nhschangeday.
Today, 12 October 2026, The King’s Fund has published ‘Equal access: a fairer system of social care support for England’, setting out its recommendations on how to reform the social care sector. It has also shared new analysis which reveals significant local...
The King’s Fund has today, 25 September 2026, published ‘Direct Payments: Creating the conditions for choice and control’. This new research explores why Direct Payment uptake varies so widely across England, and what local authorities can do to improve it. Think...
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