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The Carer: The Government has outlined a series of measures aimed at strengthening adult social care in England, following recommendations made by the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care led by Baroness Louise Casey.

BBC News: People aged 16 and over who "lack mental capacity" can now give consent to their care arrangements through their wishes and feelings, the Supreme Court has ruled.

The Carer: CQC calls for immediate action as Supreme Court rewrites deprivation of liberty rules.

The Guardian: Doctors have set out the disastrous impact extreme heat is having on the NHS in England, with radiotherapy machines and MRI scanners failing, critical IT systems stalling and cooling units that serve entire hospitals breaking down.

The Guardian: ‘Infection control becomes almost impossible’: four doctors on the NHS heatwave crisis.

The Carer: The vacancy rate in England’s adult social care sector has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, according to new data published by Skills for Care.

The Carer: Care England has responded to Skills for Care’s annual Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce report with a warning that headline figures showing the strongest workforce position in a decade obscure a more troubling picture of how that position is being sustained and how quickly it could deteriorate.

The Carer: The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has urged the Government to improve the quality and availability of migration data, warning that gaps in information are fuelling misinformation and making it harder to develop effective policies on settlement, citizenship and integration.

The Guardian: GPs in England are so “overloaded” that they cannot help older people who are at risk of falling in what NHS bosses accept is an unacceptable failure of care, the House of Commons’ public accounts committee has said.

The Carer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has set out detailed priorities for the delivery of increased assessments across health and social care, with the regulator confirming it remains on track to publish reports for at least 9,000 assessments across all sectors by September 2026.

The Carer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has joined 8 other national health and social care regulators in signing up to the NHS Race and Health Observatory’s shared principles for advancing workforce race equity in health and social care.

BBC News: NHS staff could be barred from wearing political badges on their uniforms, such as pro-Palestinian symbols, as part of proposals to help tackle antisemitism.

BBC News: Nearly 3,000 patients a day had to be cared for in hospital corridors or make-shift treatment areas in England last month, figures show.

The Carer: New UK report calls for rethink of continence care as NHS reform accelerates.

The Carer: Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced its largest ever single funding round, committing £9.5 million to 25 new research projects across the United Kingdom in a move that charity officials say will significantly accelerate progress in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

The Carer: The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving dementia care, diagnosis and research, outlining a series of measures designed to enhance support for people living with dementia, their families and carers.

The Telegraph: Dementia deaths among women at highest level in five years with subtle symptoms among female sufferers often misdiagnosed, campaigners warn.

The Carer: Scientists in the United States have proposed a new theory that could reshape understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops, offering potential new directions for future treatments and research.

The Carer: Diabetes and Dementia: The hidden link care homes must know about.

The Guardian: NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs.

The Carer: Schoolchildren from Ilfracombe Junior School recently visited Edenmore Nursing Home to help add some sea-inspired decorations to the home’s newly refurbished lounge.