Social Care

The public backs 'doing everything to maintain' NHS and believes additional investment is needed to support it.

As we get closer to April's increase in National Insurance to pay for NHS backlogs and social care, we ask how supportive are Britons for the tax rise?

NHSX, a joint unit bringing together teams from NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care to drive the digital transformation of health and care, commissioned Ipsos, the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University and Skills for Care to conduct two related reviews about digital technology used in adult social care and the digital skills capabilities of the adult social care workforce.

Half of Britons doubtful it will improve NHS and social care, and most think even more funding will be needed

This independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research on behalf of the Department for Health and Social Care explores the issue of why some groups are under-represented in data about social care service experience.

NHSX, a joint unit of NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, driving the digital transformation of care, have commissioned Ipsos and the Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University to conduct two related reviews: the first one focuses on the adoption and scalability of technology innovation in the adult social care sector. The second one, which is conducted jointly with Skills for Care, looks at the digital capabilities of the adult social care workforce.

Two publications on support for care leavers from round two of the Department for Education’s Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme by Ipsos have been published.

Results of the latest Your Care Rating surveys of care home residents and their family members and friends have been published.

Ben Page writes in the Municipal Journal about Britain's forgotten children in care.