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.
Have you seen the new BBC poll which draws attention once again to the plight of the lonely at Christmas? 2,000 adults were surveyed and the findings revealed '7 percent of all adults and 10 percent of those aged over …
The Social Care News blog joined our esteemed events & visits and policy colleagues at the very first Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat Summit, held yesterday at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London. This was an opportunity for Care …
I’ve talked many times about the benefits of making the Social Care Commitment, but I am often asked by hard pressed employers how it fits in with other initiatives and standards they have to meet day in and day out. …
When service user, now mental health consultant, June Sadd was sectioned, she felt there was no support available to help her make any sense of her situation. On the eve of the first Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat summit, it …
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce (CYPMH) has not been idle in seeking valuable data and insight into how we can work together to improve mental health services for our youth. The Department of Health has …
We're now over two weeks into the adult autism statutory guidance open consultation. This engagement exercise is your opportunity to help make the guidance supporting ‘Think Autism’, the update to the 2010 adult autism strategy, as pertinent and useful as …
In her previous blog, Jo York Head of Better Care Portsmouth previewed a local Better Care launch event, bringing together social care and health professionals with representatives from the voluntary sector, service users and carers. Here's her review... Innes Richens, …
Day 1 of the National Children and Adult Services Conference 2014 (#NCASC14)
For Sandie Keene, Past President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the highlight of this year’s NCAS conference will be the launch of the Commissioning for Better Outcomes framework – a sub plenary to be held on …
It’s going to be busy! Building on a successful presence last year, we are boasting no less than eight main conference sessions, two breakfast meetings and two Care Act focused ‘meet and greet the experts’ events. Care Act implementation, supporting …