Loneliness is a universal human experience. In fact, when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) conducted a survey in December 2024 to January 2025, 7.7% of UK adults felt lonely often or always – that’s 1 in 13 adults. However,…
The adult health and social care budget has been halved After announcing plans for the health and social care budget on April 4th 2023, the government has unfortunately made the decision to drastically reduce funding. The government confirmed that the…
#CelebratingSocialCare with Skills for Care Today we join Skills for Care as part of their #CelebratingSocialCare campaign! This April they are putting the spotlight onto all of the incredible people who work in adult health and social care. For…
It is no secret that the Health and Social Care sector has been facing some recruitment challenges recently. It’s not just the public sector – whilst you may see staff shortages in the NHS hitting the headlines, the private sector…
The Health and Social Care Levy has recently come into effect in the UK, as of April 6th, 2022. Back in September 2021, the UK Government announced their plans for the levy, allocating £5.4 billion to invest into adult Social…
There are many roles within the Health and Social Care sector, such as Support Workers, Service Managers, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Counsellors and Social Workers, to name a few. This article focuses on how to become a Social Worker and the…
