Explainer
24/06/2022The Scottish government this week published landmark legislation to support its vision of social care reform. It will see a new national body, the National Care Service, being formed to set standards and commissioning priorities for delivery by newly established local care boards. In this explainer...
Press release
22/11/2021Natasha Curry's comments ahead of a vote on an amendment to the Care Act 2014.
Briefing
21/10/2021What are the benefits of further funding for reform to adult social care in England? Nuffield Trust joins forces with the Health Foundation and The King's Fund to set out the potential benefits of finally tackling the challenges facing the sector.
Blog post
18/10/2021 Nina HemmingsAhead of next week’s Spending Review, Nina Hemmings describes how this year has been even worse than previous years for social care. The reality for the 1.5 million staff in the sector is that they cannot wait for the next white paper or delayed promise of reform – they need immediate and coordi...
Blog post
12/07/2021 Laura SchlepperWith a possible cap on costs taking centre stage in the debate over England's social care reforms, Laura Schlepper outlines the social care cap currently in place in Germany. What can we learn from the German funding system and the decisions which led to it?
Press release
11/05/2021Our Deputy Director of Policy Natasha Curry responds to the Queen's Speech.
Report
16/04/2021 Natasha Curry Camille OungCovid-19 has highlighted many issues in the social care system in the last year, but providers of these vital services are still often ignored. This report highlights the systemic problems with the way the provider market for social care operates in England.
Press release
25/03/2021Natasha Curry responds to the NAO report on the adult social care market in England.
Indicator update
24/03/2021 Jenny DaviesWe’re monitoring trends in the quality of social care.
Blog post
15/03/2021 Dr Holly WaltonDr Holly Walton is co-author of new research published last week on rapidly prioritising innovations in adult social care for evaluation. In this Q&A we ask her more about the work, including the benefits and drawbacks of doing the research at such speed, and the possible lessons for researchers wan...