The overwhelming majority of unpaid carers believe that ‘successive governments have ignored the needs of unpaid carers for a long time’.
New analysis of national data has found that the proportion of smokers living in poverty is highest in the north and Midlands.
The Children’s Commissioner for England has claimed that children’s access to specialist NHS mental health services remains ‘a postcode lottery’.
The number of children with mental health problems seen by social workers has surged by a quarter since before the coronavirus pandemic.
A new £1 million fund has been established by the Scottish Government to support projects which look after the well-being of staff working in social care.
An investigation has found stark levels of inequality between rural and urban areas when it comes to health and social care services.
More patients across the West Midlands could be given cycling and walking on prescription after a pilot showed improvements in physical and mental health.
People are being encouraged to apply for a range of health and social care roles as part of a new recruitment campaign launched in Leeds.
The government has announced that restrictions in place to help prevent the spread of Omicron in adult social care will now be eased.
Barnardo’s has warned that the government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.
New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme.
More than three quarters of local authorities were providing some form of dedicated specialist service for smokers last year.
Steve Barclay has tasked departments across government with ensuring their offices can return quickly to full occupancy.
A lack of certainty around councils’ public health funding this year risks exacerbating the growing crisis of demand for support services.
Community Vaccine Champions will be tapping into their local networks and encouraging people in their community to come forward and get vaccinated.