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NCASC
NCASC: Only '6-10%' of children's home registration applications meet criteria
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2026
Only a small proportion of providers’ applications for children’s home registration meet prioritisation criteria, the chief inspector of Ofsted has said.
NCASC
NCASC: Councils should commission homecare visits around smaller 'footprints'
By Ann McGauran | 13 November 2026
Councils should move away from purchasing individual homecare visits across large areas and commi...
NCASC
NCASC: Neighbourhood health put too much focus on 'metrics'
By Ann McGauran | 12 November 2026
Neighbourhood Health has put too much focus on ‘metrics’ instead of making clear how councils and...
SIGOMA
Local authorities: Cash and care must go hand-in-hand
By Chris Cooke | 12 November 2026
Chris Cooke says greater local freedom must be matched by a sustainable approach to funding essen...
NCASC
NCASC: Inaction on profiteering could risk early intervention cash
By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2026
The financial case for rebuilding early intervention could be undermined by lack of national acti...
NCASC
NCASC: State of adult social care 'disorientating'
By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2026
The leader of England’s adult social care chiefs has compared the current state of services as ‘d...
NCASC
Adult social care: Rolling up our sleeves on reform
By Phil Holmes | 11 November 2026
Writing in the week of this week's National Children and Adult Services Conference, Phil Holmes s...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
EXCLUSIVE: Too few adult social care directors for new unitaries, ADASS warns
By Neil Merrick | 11 November 2026
There may not be enough directors of adult social services to lead all the unitary councils being...
NCASC
Local government reorganisation is no silver bullet for councils or social care
By Nick Presmeg | 11 November 2026
As delegates head to the National Children and Adult Services conference, Nick Presmeg looks at h...
ADCS
Spinning a golden SEND thread
By Ann McGauran | 18 December 2025
ADCS president Rachael Wardell talks to Ann McGauran about the need for government to listen to ...
ADCS
Where every person can belong
By Rachael Wardell | 10 December 2025
Rachael Wardell says ending the two-child benefit cap is a welcome step. Mental health must now b...
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