Social care

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1. The King's Fund: Social care 360 (8 April 2026)

   • Social Care
   • Data
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Social Care
     • Data
     • Funding
     • Lack of resources

   By Patient Safety Learning, 14 April

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   • 14 April

2. Skills for Care: The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England (October 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Carer
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Social Care
     • Carer
     • Home
     • Adult
     • Lack of resources
     • Additional staff required
     • Workforce management
     • Recruitment
     • Staff factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 October, 2025

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   • 1 October, 2025

3. Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35 (The Health Foundation, 15 May 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Funding
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Social Care
     • Funding
     • Impact analysis

   By Patient Safety Learning, 26 May, 2025

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   • 26 May, 2025

4. Adult Social Care Reform: the cost of inaction. Second Report of Session 2024–25 (Health and Social Care Committee, 5 May 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Adult

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 May, 2025

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   • 6 May, 2025

5. Restructuring care services. Identifying and addressing failing care: A guide for care home professionals (5 February 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Care home
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Social Care
     • Care home
     • Organisation / service factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 11 February, 2025

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   • 11 February, 2025

6. A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all (The Guardian, 28 January 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Carer
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Social Care
     • Carer
     • Lack of resources
     • Funding
     • Patient suffering

   By Patient Safety Learning, 29 January, 2025

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   • 29 January, 2025

7. What needs to improve for social care to better support people with dementia? (20 November 2024)

   • Dementia
   • Social Care
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Dementia
     • Social Care
     • Funding
     • Training

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 January, 2025

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   • 29 January, 2025

8. The problems with the current social care system (19 January 2025)

   • Social Care
   • Older People (over 65)
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Social Care
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Funding
     • Lack of resources
     • Additional staff required

   By Patient Safety Learning, 28 January, 2025

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   • 28 January, 2025

9. The King's Fund: Key facts and figures about adult social care (1 July 2024)

   • Social Care
   • Adult

   By Patient Safety Learning, 9 July, 2024

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   • 9 July, 2024

10. Natural Care Forum: Medication safety in care homes

    • Care home
    • Carer
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Care home
      • Carer
      • Medication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 June, 2024

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    • 11 June, 2024

11. State of Caring 2023: A health and social care crisis for carers in Scotland (23 November 2023)

    • Carer
    • Social Care
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Carer
      • Social Care
      • Patient / family support
      • Mental health
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Accessibility
      • Lack of resources
      • Scotland
      • Self harm/ suicide

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 November, 2023

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    • 792 views
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    • 23 November, 2023

12. Innovative medication safety improvements in Ontario long-term care homes (Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, 24 May 2023)

    • Medication
    • Social care
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Medication
      • Social care
      • Care home
      • Canada
      • Innovation
      • Quality improvement
      • Patient engagement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 31 October, 2023

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    • 31 October, 2023

13. Caring in a complex world: perspectives from unpaid carers and the organisations that support them (The King's Fund, 26 May 2023)

    • Carer
    • Patient / family support
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Carer
      • Patient / family support
      • Social care
      • Diversity
      • Disability
      • Long-term conditions

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 June, 2023

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    • 8 June, 2023

14. What happens when an algorithm cuts your health care (The Verge, 21 March 2021)

    • USA
    • Carer
    • (and 4 more)

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      • USA
      • Carer
      • Patient
      • AI
      • Technology
      • Decision making

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 May, 2023

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    • 14 May, 2023

15. Building a resilient social care system in England: What can be learnt from the first wave of Covid-19? (Nuffield Trust, 5 May 2023)

    • Pandemic
    • Social Care
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Pandemic
      • Social Care
      • Care home
      • Leadership
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Resilience
      • England

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 May, 2023

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    • 1,022 views
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    • 5 May, 2023

16. Understanding unpaid carers and their access to support (The Health Foundation, 12 April 2023)

    • Carer
    • Social care
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Carer
      • Social care
      • UK
      • Data

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 26 April, 2023

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    • 26 April, 2023

17. The King's Fund: Social care 360 (2 March 2023)

    • Social Care
    • Carer
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Social Care
      • Carer
      • Adult
      • Lack of resources

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 March, 2023

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    • 3 March, 2023

18. A scoping review of adverse incidents research in aged care homes: learnings, gaps, and challenges (20 December 2022)

    • Care home
    • Age
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Care home
      • Age
      • Patient safety incident

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 28 February, 2023

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    • 28 February, 2023

19. Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants (October 2022)

    • Carer
    • Care home
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Carer
      • Care home
      • Staff safety
      • Staff factors
      • Training
      • Workforce management

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 31 January, 2023

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    • 31 January, 2023

20. Scarlett McNally: Exercise can do wonders for social care (26 October 2022)

    • Social Care
    • Medicine - Sport and exercise
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Social Care
      • Medicine - Sport and exercise
      • Patient
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Population health
      • Lack of resources

    By Patient Safety Learning, 29 October, 2022

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    • 29 October, 2022

21. David Oliver: We’re further than ever from solving the social care crisis (BMJ, 19 October 2022)

    • Social care
    • Data
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Social care
      • Data
      • Workforce management
      • Staff support
      • Care home staff
      • Action plan
      • England

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 27 October, 2022

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    • 27 October, 2022

22. Falling short: How far have we come in improving support for unpaid carers in England? (10 October 2022)

    • Carer
    • Social Care
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Carer
      • Social Care
      • Home
      • Relative

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 October, 2022

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    • 18 October, 2022

23. Skills for Care: The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England (October 2022)

    • Social Care
    • Recruitment
    • (and 9 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Social Care
      • Recruitment
      • Lack of resources
      • Additional staff required
      • Recommendations
      • Community care
      • Carer
      • Home
      • Data
      • Workforce management
      • Adult

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 October, 2022

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    • 11 October, 2022

24. Medication safety in nursing home patients (5 July 2022)

    • Medication
    • WPSD22
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • WPSD22
      • Older People (over 65)
      • Care home
      • USA

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 August, 2022

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    • 946 views
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    • 29 August, 2022

25. NHS Confederation - System on a cliff edge: addressing challenges in social care capacity (28 July 2022)

    • Social Care
    • Additional staff required
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Social Care
      • Additional staff required
      • Long waiting list
      • England
      • Leadership

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 August, 2022

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    • 908 views
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    • 1 August, 2022