1st April 2021
Partners in Care: supporting care home visiting
A year of learning The country has been living with the coronavirus pandemic since early 2020.…
23rd March 2021
Conversations in Social Care with Vic Rayner , CEO National Care Forum
National Care Forum Chief Executive, Vic Rayner is interviewed by Steve Walls for…
3rd March 2021
We got knocked down…….
The Chumbawumba moment for social care was well and truly missed! Along with the rest of the…
31st December 2020
2020 – A year in the glare for social care
Sorrow lays heavy on us all as we head to the end of this year; a year where so many have lost…
9th December 2020
There will be testing days ahead!
The provision of Lateral Flow tests has the potential to completely change the landscape around…
27th November 2020
Baublegate – defend the Xmas decs!
Christmas is always a special time in care homes, full of festive fun – a time of joy, light and…
24th November 2020
COVID-19 Winter Plan Score Card: Science 10 – Maths 0
Vic Rayner, Executive Director at the National Care Forum, the leading association the…
5th October 2020
The Infection Control Fund: Bean counting in extremis
The first wave of the Infection Control Fund was introduced in May and provided a direct source of…
22nd September 2020
Visiting in Care Homes: where now?
Why this is such an important issue To deprive people living in care homes of the stimulation and…
21st September 2020
Now you see them, now you don’t… The invisibility of social care Personal Assistants during the pandemic
NCF guest blog by Dr. John Woolham | NIHR SSCR Senior Research…