A report produced by the University of Cambridge presents a worrying picture for schools in London. The Indoor Air Quality in London’s Schools report was commissioned by the Greater London Authority and was partly triggered by concern over the fact that the UK has the highest prevalence of childhood asthma among all European countries. Almost […]

In 2019 we are set to see a new Ofsted framework. Rumours are already circulating about what this might mean for schools. Perhaps most discussed topic has been the concern surrounding the curriculum. The Ofsted framework has been focusing more on the results that students achieve rather than the methods by which they obtain them. […]

Parliament has been informed that the eagerly-awaited Green Paper on the reform of funding for care and support for older people has been postponed until the autumn. The announcement was made by Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt prior to his move to become the new Foreign Secretary. With social care funding in crisis, […]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a new report looking at how services are working together to support and care for people aged 65 and over. Beyond barriers: how older people move between health and care in England, focuses particularly closely on the relationship between health and social care organisations. With increasing numbers of […]

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE, has updated its guidelines on providing care and support for people living with dementia. NICE guideline NG97, Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, was published in June 2018. It updates and replaces the previous guideline, CG42. The new guideline […]