Deborah Sturdy is the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care
Digital care technologies have enormous potential to support people’s independence, improve quality and safety, and help our workforce deliver care more efficiently
A message from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy
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.
Investing in the adult social care 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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
As people working in care, we dedicate our time to supporting others. But we must also ensure that fellow care workers are valued in return. That means having the right working conditions, being fairly rewarded, sharing best practice, and building …
The social care sector welcomes the publication of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for the health and care system, shaped in part by the ideas, concerns and lived experience of social cae colleagues. They have unique insights into community-based care and how it can help ease pressure on an overstretched system.