Richard Humphries

“Morland offers a positive account of good care and its life-affirming qualities”. A very worthwhile read.

Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s’ A Fortunate Woman’ highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult so…

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

Today we have released the latest size and structure information with up-to-date data about the adult social care sector and workforce in England in 2024/25.

➡️ Take a look now bit.ly/SizeAndStruc...

#SizeAndStructure

The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment? - Policy Exchange Download Publication Online Reader ‘The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment?’ makes the case that the NHS is not fit for purpose and is in urgent need of reform.The report finds that NHS performance r...

Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP

policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...

These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas

A thread with some evidence

Yes 👏 👏👏

#socialcare - essential support that most of us will need at some point in our lives. And this is how treat the people who provide that care.

Sitting outside the Brecon Tap in warm sunshine enjoying a pint of their excellent beer. A moment of quiet reflection.

As it’s Friday, a gentle nudge for @mroutled.bsky.social 🍫🍷🍕

I must admit to great disappointment on reading ‘Abundance’ - this critique struck a chord

Michael Chard reflects on the findings of our annual survey of Directors of Adult Social Services, which was published today, in his latest blog.👇
www.adass.org.uk/the-narrative-isnt-matched-by-action-2025-spring-survey-reflections/

#SpringSurvey2025 #CareCantWait

ADASS Spring Survey 2025 - ADASS Our annual survey of Directors of Adult Social Services, essential reading for anyone interested in the challenges facing adult social care and implications for the NHS.

Our new Spring Survey, out today, shows the highest overspend on adult social care in a decade, investment in prevention falling, while the need for care & support increases. Read the full report here adass.org.uk/documents/ad... #carecantwait #adultsocialcare

Just finishing Suzanne O’Sullivan’s The Age of Diagnosis & struck by this para about the value of medical generalists

In Bradford yesterday, great to see a council investing in #socialwork a huge credit to @robmitch92.bsky.social & colleagues

Lovely to hear some beautiful poetry on #r4today just now.

NHS England chief Penny Dash says wasting billions ‘makes me want to cry’ The new chairwoman of NHS England also says that poor care for the poorest communities is a ‘stain on our country’

Dr Dash left the public sector for years to work for McKinsey who, along with other major consultancies have fleeced the NHS for £billions of low value advice which is responsible for a lot of our problems. Deeply hypocritical
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Labour peer David Lipsey found dead after swimming in River Wye Former journalist and adviser to Callaghan government, 77, was pulled from water on Tuesday

Distressed by this news. David was a good friend & an indefatigable advocate for social care reform (though we didn’t always agree). My condolences to his family.

love the resurrection of national service frameworks as modern service frameworks 🤔

PM launches new era for NHS with easier care in neighbourhoods The Prime Minister launches a new era for the NHS, bringing more easily accessible care closer to home.

Who could argue against a neighbourhood health service? But #socialcare reform is on an entirely different trajectory - a missed opportunity? NHC won’t work properly without it.

Excellent letter

Greetings from the Welsh coast

As the Casey Commission begins its work, this is an important contribution with some interesting ideas. The more the better.

The government should think again on its planned cuts to Personal Independence Payment - Social Care Future The #SocialCareFuture conveners have drafted a statement expressing our concerns about planned cuts to Personal Independence and are inviting people and organisations to sign up to show their support

As @socialcarefuture.bsky.social conveners, we're
deeply concerned about the harmful impact of planned cuts to Personal Independence Payment, and join others in calling for the government to think again. Please read and show support if you can: socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/...

The imminent arrival of the English NHS Ten-Year Plan has been occupying the minds of fellow-members of the policy-and politics horizons-scanning community.

We know that the Plan has taken almost a year to prepare, working with various interest groups including staff and the public.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GOLTC webinar: Social Care Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ... Join us for the first webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, with an analysis of the current state of social care in England, what can we learn from the history of social care re...

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My thoughts entirely. I miss what X used to be.

If enacted this will see the State finding new £ & staff to help people kill themselves whilst hospice care in many places is being reduced. Is that the outcome legislators intend? If not what are they going to do about the latter?

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Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35 We project the costs of meeting growing demand for adult social care in England and making some improvements to care up to 2034/35.

The #SpendingReview's £4bn overall increase in funding for adult social care by 2028/29 is only enough to prevent a further deterioration in services.

Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️

What Does the 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review Mean For Health And Care | The King's Fund Following the Comprehensive Spending Review, Siva Anandaciva unpacks the numbers to explore what they mean for health and care.

“It seems inevitable”, warns Siva Anandaciva, that the cost of the Fair Pay Agreement will have to come out of the extra £4b for adult social care. If so, this will be immensely disappointing.