
Medication errors in care homes could be avoided if pharmacists were put in charge, research suggests.
Many hospitals across the UK are not doing enough to spot elderly people at risk from malnutrition, says a charity.
Exciting new research at University College London Hospital will test the drug Exenatide as a novel treatment for people with mild to moderate Parkinson's.
Achieving personal goals can help people in the early stages of dementia manage their condition, Alzheimer's Society research published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
The General Social Care Council is to be scrapped as part of a government review of quangos.
In future, regulation of social workers will be carried out by the Health Professions Council, which regulates 15 professions including occupational therapists and psychologists, though this is to be renamed.
A consultation to help improve care services and healthcare outcomes for adults with autism in England has been launched by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.
Some councils are considering cuts of up to 40% to adult services due to demographic pressures and expected government spending limits, a directors' leader has warned.
Skills for Care has launched the second State of the Adult Social Care Workforce report packed with the latest data helping 17,300 organisations make sense of a complex sector providing social care for adults and older people in England.
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