The Kings Fund’s virtual conference focusing on integrated care systems is taking place over four half-days from Monday 12 October.

On the 18th September the Department of Heath and Social Care published the Adult Social Care Policy paper setting out the key elements of national support available for the social care sector for winter 2020 to 2021. The paper also sets out the main actions to take for NHS organisations, local authorities, and social care providers, including the voluntary and community sector.

The National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) have secured £13.125 million to develop key research programmes over the next three years.

The British Society of Gerontology Care Homes Research Special Interest Group are inviting those interested in care home research to join their group.

The Long Term Care responses to COVID-19 have published a new report which reviews the path of the COVID-19 pandemic across the UK long-term care (LTC) sector, indicating how it evolved in each of the four home nations.

The University College London has published a new guide. Its intention is to support those caring for a person with dementia during COVID-19 and beyond.

Registration is open for the NIHR Research for Social Care (RfSC) Roadshow which will take place on the 7th October 2020.

The Kings Fund publish a new report examining some of social care’s key problems magnified by Covid-19

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has published a major new report on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s nursing and residential homes.

LTCcovid publish a new report: Impact and mortality of COVID-19 on people living with dementia: cross-country report bringing together “international evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with dementia and an overview of international policy and practice measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among people living with dementia.