Blogs and articles

13 Mar 2026 Skills for Care

In this week’s #GoodNewsFriday we hear about the recent Connections Event held for the new Global Majority Nursing Network. read more

04 Feb 2026 Nurjahan Ali Arobi

Nurjahan Ali Arobi, National Workforce Delivery Lead, Skills for Care discusses how to support positive cultural change in social care nursing and the…read more

20 Oct 2025 Skills for Care

We look at what the latest data from our ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report tells us about social care nursing. read more

17 Oct 2025 Skills for Care

We look at some of the support available for nursing and social work professionals from a global majority background. read more

13 Aug 2025 Claire Leenhouwers

Claire Leenhouwers, National Professional Lead – Nursing, Skills for Care discusses how allyship links into preceptorship – an important part of the n…read more

11 Aug 2025 Claire Leenhouwers

Following the launch of the ‘Strategy to enable social care placements for student nurses and nursing associates’, Lucy Gillespie and Claire Leenhouwe…read more

03 Feb 2025 Lucy Gillespie

Lucy Gillespie, National Professional Lead for Nursing at Skills for Care, discusses how we can push for more equitable nursing leadership. read more

23 Dec 2024 Deborah Sturdy

Deborah Sturdy CBE, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, reflects on the importance of collaboration and community within the social care nursing sector…read more

01 Nov 2024 Skills for Care

We use this #GoodNewsFriday to celebrate some of the leading nurses from our sector. read more

22 Oct 2024 Skills for Care

We reflect on a recent collaboration with the University of Salford which looked to promote the value of social care nursing in education. read more