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Creating hope: improving dementia care and research

Creating hope: improving dementia care and research

As Dementia Action Week draws to a close, Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock, reflects on progress to date and the advances yet to come.

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Adult Safeguarding: A guest blog by Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister of State for Care

Posted by: Stephen Kinnock MP, Posted on: 19 May 2026 - Categories: Safeguarding, Social care reform

This blog reflects comments made by the Minister of State for Care at the National Conference for Safeguarding Adults Boards on 19 May 2026

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Developing evidence standards for digital technologies in adult social care

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 19 May 2026 - Categories: Care and support, Digital skills and technologies, Technology and data

Digital care technologies have enormous potential to support people’s independence, improve quality and safety, and help our workforce deliver care more efficiently

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International Nurses Day 2026: Celebrating Nurses in Adult Social Care

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 12 May 2026 - Categories: Care and support, Workforce
Professor Deborah Sturdy poses with staff from Watlington Nursing Home, 2023

A message from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy

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Launching the Management and Leadership Code for Health and Social Care

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 14 April 2026 - Categories: Leadership, Workforce

As we launch the Management and Leadership Code for Health and Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse – Adult Social Care, discusses what this means for leaders and managers across health and social care.

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Continued funding for adult social care learning and development in financial year 2026/27

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 1 April 2026 - Categories: Care and support, Carers, Workforce

Investing in the adult social care workforce

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Building on the positives

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 7 January 2026 - Categories: Care and support, Carers, Leadership, Workforce

Happy New Year! I hope every adult social care colleague, carer and those accessing care and support had a lovely Christmas and welcomed in 2026 with rest, reflection and renewed energy.

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Let’s Talk About the Flu Vaccine — Why It Matters More Than Ever

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 19 December 2025 - Categories: Uncategorised

Winter is here. The days are short, the air is cold, and flu started circulating around 5 weeks earlier than usual this season, with a flu virus called H3N2 causing most of the cases so far. The H3N2 virus that …

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Reaffirming Our Values in Adult Social Care

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy and Sarah McClinton, Posted on: 21 October 2025 - Categories: Care and support, Diversity

Our values remain fundamental in adult social care As we have been out and about across the country over the last months, we have heard how the experiences of people working in adult social care and people who draw on …

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Adult Social Care Nurse Prescribing Pilot

Posted by: Deborah Sturdy, Posted on: 16 October 2025 - Categories: Care and support

Upskilling Adult Social Care Nurses DHSC has made £461,000 available for the Adult Social Care (ASC) Nurse Prescribing Pilot, to fund nurses across the country to undertake an Nursing and Midwifery Council (NCM) approved prescribing qualification. This will qualify them …

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Self-Care Week 2025 is coming

Posted by: Helen Donovan, Posted on: 9 September 2025 - Categories: Care and support, Communities, Events, Public health
Self Care Week 2025

National Self-Care Week (17-23 November 2025) is a campaign designed to inspire and empower people to take charge of their own physical and mental wellbeing. Led by the Self Care Forum, it’s an awareness week that everyone can get involved in.

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