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Digital technology and capabilities in adult social care

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

Skills for Care to be part of leading centre to implement evidence in adult social care

Skills for Care will be partnering with the University of Birmingham, as part of a broader consortium of key stakeholders from across the four nations of the UK, to develop a new Centre for adult social care, which will aim to put evidence into practice to promote and maintain people’s independence and wellbeing.

Adult Social Care Leaders come together with a vision for a future workforce strategy

Adult social care leaders have come together for the first time to offer a collective vision of what should be in a workforce strategy for the growing sector.

The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3 billion to the English economy according to a new report published by Skills for Care

The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3 billion to the English economy according to a new report published by Skills for Care.

Skills for Care report: international recruitment helps social care workforce grow – but domestic recruitment and retention struggles persist

Skills for Care has published its 2024 State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report.

Turning point for social care as the sector launches a Workforce Strategy

The launch of a new Workforce Strategy for adult social care in England is being hailed as a turning point for care – as new data shows the sector still has a vacancy rate around three times higher than the wider economy.