Adult Social Care Nurses Information Hub

This page will be updated periodically. If you see a document or link that may be useful, or which needs updating, please let us know.

Blogs

• North Wales Queen’s Nurses supporting Excellence in Care Homes

General Information

• Medicine Waste in Care Homes – Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Report November 2025
• Shape the future of delirium research (November 2025)
• £500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers – September 2025
• Ambitions for Change: Improving Healthcare in Care Homes report by the British Geriatric Society.
• Skills for Care newsletter – March 2025
• A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England (July 2024)
• Moving forward with the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care  
• 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future. 
• Policy paper: Better Care Fund policy framework 2025 to 2026 
• Policy paper: Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England – executive summary 15^th July 
• We are Social Care Nursing 
• Nursing careers in social care 
• Casey Commission: adult social care review gets started   2/5/25 
• The Casey Commission/ Independent Commission on Adult Social Care 

Dementia

• Video technology to support monitoring of care home residents in Wales (press release April 2022)
• Meeting the needs of people with dementia living in care homes video
• Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) COVID 19 guidance
• The Dementia surveillance factsheet has been updated with March 2024 data. It shows the disparities across England in relation to the diagnosis of people with dementia and the care they receive.
• Dementia profile updates (gov.uk) – this interactive tool is designed to improve the availability and accessibility of information on dementia. The profile is structured around the NHS England well pathway for dementia with indicators arranged into 5 data domains: 1.the pathway on a page; 2. preventing well; 3. diagnosing well and prevalence; 4. living well and supporting well; 5. dying well.

Resources

• There are several resources on Emollients and Fire Safety available on Knowledge NoW.

Podcasts

The Social Care Spotlight – Charlotte Fry and Dr Agnes Fanning

Surveys

Please let us know if you have a survey to share.

Sepsis

• Symptoms of Sepsis – NHS  
• Sepsis – World Health Organisation.

Mental Health Support

NHS Staff & Social Care Wellbeing Resource 

Comprehensive guide to mental health, crisis support, financial wellbeing, and professional development resources for NHS and Social staff.

Local Services

• Local Talking Therapies – Acces – Free NHS psychological therapy for depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD.
• Frontline19 UK – Psychological support for frontline workers via phone/remote platform. One-off or weekly sessions. Website: www.frontline19.com

National Services

• Bereavement Support Line – Confidential support for NHS staff dealing with loss related to work. Up to 3 sessions with same counsellor. Phone: 0300 303 4434 | Hours: 8am–8pm, 7 days
• Practitioner Health – Free, confidential NHS primary care mental health & addiction service for healthcare professionals. Phone: 0300 0303 300 | Email: prac.health@nhs.net | Website
• BMA Wellbeing Support – Free 24/7 counselling for doctors, partners, dependents. Phone: 0330 123 1245 | Website
• Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline – Confidential support for sexuality, gender identity, sexual health, and emotional wellbeing. Phone: 0800 0119 100 | Email: hello@switchboard.lgbt
• Mind – Mental health support and guidance. Phone: 0300 123 3393 | Website
• Professional Support Unit (PSU) – Confidential support, coaching, careers advice, psychological support for doctors in training. Website
• Hub of Hope – National mental health support directory. Website

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