See this great infographic from DPCG explaining the loss for disabled people that the new design will entail

“Disability-related👛had increased📈before the cost of living crisis:54% of all poverty is now disability related. The proportion of pple in families with at least 1 Disabled child & 1 Disabled adult who were living in poverty rose by 7% to 46% in 2021-22. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-d…

I’m struck that whole sections of the new 10 year health plan are about #socialcare, even if they don’t actually use the words ‘social care’. Here’s a paragraph about the first of four key challenges for the NHS…

💡NEW Blog Post: Who gets the help they need? Care inequalities among the oldest-old in Germany and England By Ursula Henz and Michael Wagner Read it here: 🔗 goltc.org/publications/g… LSE Sociology Universität zu Köln

Unpaid carers can’t even take time off to fight for their right to a proper break. Sign the petition at carers.org/protest #ProtestFromHome

Our under-promotion gap analysis shows that disabled workers lose up to £723 each year due to fewer promotion opportunities. Read our full analysis here: thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/promotion-gap-… Access to Work remains a significant challenge in supporting disabled people into and within work.

Barriers and Facilitators to the Use of Virtual Wards: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence  academic.oup.com/intqhc/advance… via Sara.Cucurachi.VW et al 𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic David Oliver (also on Blue Sky)

📢New publication from our team: "The meaning of ‘quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review"bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Socioeconomic inequalities in disease burden across England’s population 🚬 Top disparities: •COPD: RR 3.29 •Severe mental illness: RR 2.72 •PAD: RR 2.58 📉 Inequity gap largest in middle age. #HealthInequality #PublicHealth #MLTC JECH.BMJ.COM/CONTENT/EARLY/…

📋6 days left✍🏻 “State of Caring is an annual survey that represents the UK’s most comprehensive study of unpaid carers’ experiences. The results help to inform the work of Carers UK, the UK Government, local authorities, health and social care services.” journalofdementiacare.co.uk/carers-uk-urge…

The UK Government's 10 year plan for health in England has a big emphasis on "Neighbourhood Health Services". But what might this mean for unpaid carers, and where do local carer services fit in? Join Carers Trust for this post-summer webinar as we examine this important topic.

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The Distinctiveness of Social Care Nursing – A Call to Discernment. #nursing #socialcarenursing #relationship #discernment #socialcare #leadership. scottishcare.org/the-distinctiv…

ADASS statement on leading in troubled times. adass.org.uk/leading-in-tro…

Bravo to Maturin Tabue Teguo, former researcher at the Institute on Aging of Toulouse for "Comparison of mortality and hospitalisation rates amongst older adults residing in professional foster families versus nursing homes:..." academic.oup.com/ageing/article… Bruno Vellas Rolland Yves

Home-Based Exercise Programs for the Oldest-Old to Attenuate Physical Frailty: A Scoping Review. Bruna da Silva Capanema et al. doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2… #Aged #physicalfrailty #physicalactivity #exercisetraining #homecare

🚀There is still time to apply for the NIHR ARC Kent, Surrey and Sussex Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Programme in Surrey 🗾 Bridging the gap between research & real-world health & social care 🌎 Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/5b7z2fev Closing date: Friday 7th November 2025

Time is an under-recognised social determinant of brain health. In The Lancet Healthy Longevity, authors call for temporal justice through research and policies that recognise time as both a resource and a site of inequity in ageing and dementia: hubs.li/Q03R4bCV0