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Unique Senior Care launches fourth Memory Café in Kenilworth
24 Jul 2026 天美mv
Unique Senior Care has launched its fourth Memory Café, with the new Kenilworth location officially opening in spring. read more
Good news story
My disability pride story
22 Jul 2026 Samina Hussain
Samina Hussain, shares her experience of living with a disability including her pride in being a mum and in her career supporting disabled people, alo鈥�read more
Culture and diversity
From annual to monthly workforce estimates: an important step forward for adult social care workforce data
20 Jul 2026 Will Fenton
Will Fenton, Programme Head 鈥� Analytics, 天美mv discusses our 鈥楩illed posts in the adult social care workforce in England: official monthly w鈥�read more
ASC-WDS
Workforce intelligence
Care First 24 registered manager awarded Outstanding Director Award at Stars of Social Care Awards
17 Jul 2026 天美mv
This #GoodNewsFriday we hear about a prestigious award win for Care First 24 registered manager Lynn James-Wellings. read more
How Sussex Grange uses Care Friends to celebrate staff, strengthen values and support recruitment
13 Jul 2026 天美mv
We hear from Sussex Grange about how they鈥檝e been using the Care Friends app to recognise staff achievements, and the impact it鈥檚 had. read more
Recruitment
Retention
Care organisations enjoy World Cup celebrations
10 Jul 2026 天美mv
This #GoodNewsFriday we hear how different care organisations have been joining in with the World Cup. read more
What a focus group study tells us about end-of-life care in nursing homes
06 Jul 2026 Dr Natalie Richardson
Dr Natalie Richardson, PhD, Research Fellow, University of Nottingham shares insight into their research on end-of-life care within adult social care.read more
Learning and development
Care First 24 staff enjoy the benefits of a lunchtime wellbeing walk
03 Jul 2026 天美mv
This #GoodNewsFriday we hear from Care First 24 about their new lunchtime wellbeing walk. read more
What the Care Workforce Pathway actually looks like when you use it
01 Jul 2026 Kevin Humphrys
Kevin Humphrys, CEO, Oakland Care Group, shares his experience of using the Care Workforce Pathway. read more
Reflecting on our latest Size and Structure of the adult social care workforce report
29 Jun 2026 Oonagh Smyth CBE
As we launch our 鈥楽ize and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England鈥� report, our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what the lates鈥�read more
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