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Skills for Care CEO Professor Oonagh Smyth CBE appointed Trustee of Age UK

11 Jun 2026

Professor Oonagh Smyth CBE, CEO of Skills for Care, has been appointed as a Trustee of Age UK.

Skills for Care launches The Training Hub for adult social care providers

08 Jun 2026

Skills for Care, the national charity focused on building a stronger workforce for social care, is starting to roll out a new training offer for adult social care.

Newly appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, James Murray, writes directly to adult social care and NHS colleagues

28 May 2026

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care James Murray thanks adult social care and NHS colleagues for their dedication, reflects on sector progress, and looks ahead to future engagement and reform across health and care.

SC-WRES Improvement Programme opens for 2026/27: a call for local authorities to lead the way on race equity in social care

22 May 2026

Skills for Care is encouraging local authorities across England to take a proactive role in shaping a more equitable social care workforce, as registration opens for the 2026/27 Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme.

New Skills for Care report highlights inequity faced by people from global majority colleagues working in social care

21 May 2026

Skills for Care, the national charity focused on building a stronger workforce for social care, has published its latest Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Annual National Report.

Skills for Care awarded two major DHSC contracts to strengthen the adult social care workforce

15 May 2026

Skills for Care has successfully secured two major three-year contracts from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to strengthen support for the adult social care workforce in England.

Rachel Yates Hoyles Wins Leadership in Dementia Award at the UK Dementia Awards 2026

08 May 2026

Skills for Care is proud to announce that Rachel Yates Hoyles, National Practice Innovation Lead, has been named the winner of the Leadership in Dementia Award at the UK Dementia Awards 2026.

Skills for Care dedicates April to #CelebratingSocialCare for fifth year

01 Apr 2026

Skills for Care is once again #CelebratingSocialCare this April and is encouraging all social care organisations and people working in social care to join in.

Skills for Care launches new ‘Practical approaches toolkits’ to support adoption of proven workforce models

23 Mar 2026

Skills for Care has launched a new suite of ‘Practical approaches toolkits’.

Skills for Care publishes updated framework to support great leadership in social care

03 Mar 2026

Skills for Care has published its refreshed Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF), modelling what great leadership looks like in adult social care.