🎉 It’s official! People juggling paid employment and unpaid care will have a #RightToCarersLeave for the very first time. The Carer’s Leave Bill has received Royal Assent, meaning it will be the law for all employers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide carer’s leave. 🧵

There's one month to go until our virtual Community-led approaches to health and wellbeing conference. Join us to explore how to make decisions with communities, and assess what communities need. #KFCommunity kingsfund.org.uk/events/communi…

Unpaid carers provide significant levels of support to family or friends – equivalent to 4 million paid care workers. Read our report, which explores the current picture of local support available for unpaid #carers in England. kingsfund.org.uk/publications/u…

We know the #NHS is facing a workforce crisis, but how many people work in the NHS in England, and what do they do? Find out more about the state of the NHS workforce in our nutshell. kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-i…

With so many pressures facing the health and social care system kindness and compassion are qualities that can be hard to practice when leading. Complete our free online course to explore what leading with kindness and #compassion means. kingsfund.org.uk/courses/introd…

It has often been stated that the #NHS treats more than a million people every 36 hours, but is that still true? We analyse NHS activity explore some of the underlying trends that lie behind these headline statistics in our updated nutshell: kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-i…

💡 Interested in the use of the synthetic control method in #socialcare research? 📢 Join this latest webinar from our social care #statistics group led by Dr Gintare Malisauskaite of @pssru_kent. ⏰ 18 July, 1-2pm eventbrite.co.uk/e/nihr-sscr-so…

Our first speaker ⁦Liz Twist MP⁩ setting the tone for the #NABIF23 conference talking about the APPG for Acquired Brain Injury and #ABIStrategy

Our research has found that people from some ethnic minority groups are more likely to report being in poorer health and report poorer experiences of using health services than their white counterparts. But why might that be? Read our report to find out. kingsfund.org.uk/publications/h…

The United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum has proudly announced its involvement in a new, multi-million-pound research platform to improve the lives of those living with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Join us as we help to make a difference in the field of brain injury research!

Media Statement on the National Care Home Contract - #carecrisis #socialcare #workforce ⁦Scottish Government⁩ scottishcare.org/media-statemen…

Social Care News: Scottish Care members have reluctantly decided to accept a 6% uplift in the National Care Home Contract rate that had been offered by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). Following a week-long vote,... ow.ly/O5Uy104Nq7G #socialcare

Huge rise in migrant workers keeping adult #socialcare going, Skills for Care finds in annual workforce survey. Some 70,000 took up 'direct caring roles' in 2022-23 including 58,000 on new skilled worker shortage visas

This is a timely look at the size of the social care sector and shows some progress has been made in meeting the challenges we face. However, we should be clear that without the recruitment of 70,000 overseas workers the sector would have been in a worse position than last year.

"We must ensure we continue to listen to, learn from and work with autistic people and people with a learning disability, supporting them to share their experiences of healthcare." Read more about the ambitions Rebecca Bauers has as Director. buff.ly/46AnbHF

To meet the health needs of the population, we need more co-ordinated care across primary, community, social and hospital services. Our new report outlines six leadership practices key to successful collaboration. kingsfund.org.uk/publications/p…

There are 42 integrated care systems across England, covering populations of around 500,000 to 3 million people. But why are they needed, and how do they work? Read our ICS explainer to find out. kingsfund.org.uk/publications/i…

Excl: 1 in 5 care homes is failing but true number could be much higher as CQC inspections plummet. This is one of a myriad of social care issues that needs to be addressed & is likely to be a general election battlefield as crises mount Care Rights UK Mike Padgham Age UK

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Don't miss the next steps in our roll out of the new assessment framework and provider portal.  Read our latest update. #CQCIsChanging cqc.org.uk/news/our-trans…