Social prescribing is used in health and social care, where people can live better by improving social and environmental aspects of their lives. Social prescribing has been found to benefit people ...

For example, if you have a direct payment, you will receive money regularly that you can use to arrange your own support. This content has been co-produced by NICE and the Social Care Institute for ...

Having an assessment means you can talk about these things and find out possible reasons ... This content has been co-produced by NICE and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). It is based ...

This includes a ‘community care assessment’, a ‘care needs assessment’ or a ‘social care assessment’. Everyone has unique needs, so the type of care and support will be different from person to person ...

Single Shared Assessment is for people with community care needs seeking help from social work, health or housing authorities, and who may require the services of more than one professional discipline ...

Medway Council narrowly missed out on a “good” rating and officers and councillors say they have a plan to tackle problems ...

Inspectors said they found more than 1,400 people waiting for a care assessments A health watchdog has said adult social care services in Derby require improvement. The Care Quality Commission ...

Brian Witherspoon waited three months for an initial assessment by Bath and North East Somerset At least 700 people in the West of England have had to wait more than six months for a Care Act ...

The number of people waiting for a social care assessment in Scotland has continued to rise and now over 6,000 people are on the wait list, according to the latest figures. As of 4 November ...