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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 02/10/2026

There’s less than one week to go📅 SCIE will be at the Care Show Birmingham, providing trusted expertise on social care issues and sharing insights from the several hundred safeguarding projects we have successfully delivered over the last three years. Register for free👉 www.careshow.co.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 29/09/2026

The Prime Minister delivered a speech to the Labour Party Conference today, outlining his vision for social care reform. Baroness Glenys Thornton, Chair of the Board for SCIE, said:

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 28/09/2026

Last night, SCIE and the Centre for Care co-hosted a panel session, ‘Placing care equity at the centre of adult social care reform’, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 25/09/2026

Yesterday, SCIE attended the CIPD People Management Awards, celebrating excellence and innovation in human resources, learning and development, and organisational design, where the Ignite programme was shortlisted in the Best Supplier category.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 24/09/2026

In the latest episode of the Care Matters Podcast, Dr Matthew Ford, Senior Research Analyst at SCIE, and Isaac Samuels OBE, SCIE Trustee and Co-chair of NCAG and the TLAP Board, join Professor Kate Hamblin to discuss SCIE's new care inequities research in depth👉 centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2026...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 23/09/2026

SCIE will join other sector leaders at the Care Show Birmingham to outline how we can support care providers through the rapidly changing social care landscape. Read statements by our Head of Safeguarding and our Head of Social Care Transformation and Improvement here🔗 scie.info/Care-Show-Bi...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 21/09/2026

SCIE is working with Partners in Care and Health to develop practice guidance for newly qualified social workers around using AI. 1/3

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 18/09/2026

DHSC's Adult Social Care Workforce Survey 2026 is now open📢. The survey, supported by Skills for Care, is your opportunity to share your experience. It takes around 20 minutes to complete. Please share it with your colleagues, members and networks👉 Ipsos.uk/ASCWorkforceSurvey

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 10/09/2026

We are excited to announce that SCIE will be exhibiting at the Care Show Birmingham in October⭐. 📅7 and 8 October 2026 📌 NEC Birmingham, Exhibition Stand N43 The Care Show Birmingham is free for all care professionals across the sector. Find out more and register👉 www.careshow.co.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 13/07/2026

This Wednesday, SCIE is hosting its ‘What the Supreme Court's deprivation of liberty judgment means for social care’ webinar. Register your place today🔗 scie.info/DOLs-Webinar... ⏰Wednesday 15 July, 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 03/07/2026

As #CoProWeek2026 comes to a close, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their work, hosted events, or took part in SCIE’s discussions. 1️⃣What has been your key takeaway from Co-production Week? 2️⃣What action will you take forward because of something you learned? 1/2

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 02/07/2026

Co-production Week is a celebration of the power of co-production to design and develop better ways of doing things in social care. SCIE’s sessions this week have been exploring how co-production can help achieve better equity in care. 1/3

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 02/07/2026

Welcome to #CoProWeek2026 day four! Today’s interactive workshop will create space for open, honest conversations about care equity. ⏰14:00 – 16:00 📍Online Register on our website to help shape ideas that will inform future work on fairer care: www.scie.org.uk/co-productio...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 01/07/2026

Co-production Week brings together people who draw on care and support, carers, practitioners, and organisations to share learning, inspire good practice, and spark important conversations about the future of social care. 1/3

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 01/07/2026

Today, we are delighted to welcome our new Chair, Baroness Glenys Thornton. Glenys brings extensive experience of leadership across social care, health, public service and civil society.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 30/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our ‘Who’s Missing? Inclusive co-production in practice’ session today. Featuring real examples from Nottinghamshire County Council and North Northamptonshire Council, it explored how to co-produce with communities whose voices are too often unheard. 1/3

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 29/06/2026

Our first #CoProWeek2026 workshop, ‘Co-production: The key to achieving care equity’, explored SCIE’s Care Equity Evidence Hub and outlined the early findings from our new ‘Understanding People’s Experiences of Inequities in Social Care’ research with Thinks Insight & Strategy. 1/2

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 26/06/2026

📣Valuing and recognising lived experience: from good intentions to fair practice 📅Friday 3 July ⏰14:00 – 15:30 This panel for #CoProWeek2026 will tackle the realities of recognition, payment, and fairness in co-production.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 24/06/2026

#CoProWeek2026 will explore how co-production can help achieve equity in care. In a new video on our website, Isaac Samuels OBE outlines how you can get involved—and challenges you to think about the actions you’re going to take when the week is over🎥 Watch it here: scie.info/Isaac-Video-...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 22/06/2026

📅One week until Co-Production Week 2026📅 Join us next week for a series of webinars and workshops. You can also show your support on social media using SCIE’s Co-production Week 2026 social media toolkit👉🏻 scie.info/One-Week-Cou... #CoProWeek2026

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 19/06/2026

📣West Midlands ADASS AI Playbook 📅Wednesday 1 July ⏰10:30 – 11:30 This online, interactive session will showcase the West Midlands ADASS AI Playbook, which has been co-produced with people who draw on care and support to improve choice, control, and everyday life. scie.info/Third-Sessio...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 15/06/2026

To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Dewis Choice has created two short films exploring how conversations about domestic abuse can begin. Watch them here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 12/06/2026

Have experience of moving from children’s to adult social care? SCIE is working with DHSC & DfE to improve transitions and wants to hear from you. 🔹 Young People’s Advisory Panel 🔹 Parent/carer workshop (26 June, 10am–12pm) Email transitions@scie.org.uk to get involved. Please share!

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 03/06/2026

📣SCIE Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) reviewer training programme webinar 📅9 June 2026 ⏰10 AM Join us to talk about two of SCIE’s training options for professionals interested in becoming independent reviewers. Find out more and register here👉🏼 scie.info/SAR-Webinar-...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 29/05/2026

🎥In this video, Paula Sardinha, a member of NCAG; Kevin Minier, a member of the SCIE Co-production Steering Group; and Caroline Waugh, a member of NCAG, outline what Co-production Week is, the theme of this year’s Co-production Week, and what you can expect.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 27/05/2026

Last week, Gerard Crofton-Martin, SCIE’s Interim Chief Executive, joined Michael Butcher on the latest episode of the #WelcometoSocialCare podcast. Listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2DhE... Find out more about SCIE’s work on national standards of care: scie.info/national-sta...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 26/05/2026

What role will social care play in the current programme of NHS reforms and the design and delivery of the neighbourhood health agenda? This was the question SCIE’s Chair-Elect, Baroness Glenys Thornton, posed during the House of Lords’ debate focused on the contents of the King's Speech last week.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 21/05/2026

Yesterday, SCIE’s Chair-Elect, Baroness Thornton, contributed to the House of Lords’ debate focused on the contents of the King's Speech. To watch the full debate, please see here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQPi... To read the full debate, please see here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 11/05/2026

Four SCIE and TLAP colleagues attended the Royal Garden Party—which recognises those who have made a positive impact in their community—at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. It was a proud and memorable day celebrating the passion and impact of those working to improve social care.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 30/04/2026

Yesterday, our Head of External Affairs, George Appleton, and Isaac Samuels OBE, Co-Chair of NCAG and TLAP, took to the Care Show London to discuss SCIE’s sector-led vision for national standards that truly work—raising quality, improving fairness, and bringing real consistency across the country.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 28/04/2026

Will we see you at the Care Show London? Join our Interim Chief Executive, Gerard Crofton-Martin, for the panel discussion, ‘Outstanding ways to manage complaints and incidents: a secret look into the challenges we all face’. There’s still time to register your place⏰: www.careshowlondon.co.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 27/04/2026

We would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Kim Wilkes, who took on the London Marathon yesterday in support of SCIE. We’d also like to thank everyone who supported Kim to reach her fundraising target💙.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 22/04/2026

On Monday, SCIE was delighted to bring together colleagues and partners from across the sector for our annual Spring Reception. We would like to extend a huge thank you to EY for hosting us, and to everyone who joined us for such a thoughtful and engaging evening.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 20/04/2026

Today is the day of SCIE’s annual Spring Reception. We’ll be sharing our 2026 Impact Report and, drawing on our brand-new Care Equity Evidence Hub, hosting a discussion with senior social care stakeholders on equity in social care. You can read our Impact Report here 👉🏼 scie.info/Impact-2026-...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 20/04/2026

Today, we have launched our brand-new Care Equity Evidence Hub to support policymakers, commissioners and practitioners to identify where inequalities in social care exist and address them👉🏼 scie.info/Evidence-Hub... Read SCIE’s full statement👉🏼 scie.info/Evidence-Hub...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 15/04/2026

Next week, SCIE launches its brand-new Care Equity Evidence Hub. The Hub is a curated resource bringing together research, data and practice evidence on inequities in social care. We will also be launching our 2026 Impact Report. Read our 2025 Impact Report here: scie.info/Impact-Repor...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 10/04/2026

Decisions about taking people with cognitive impairments to hospital can be complex. SCIE’s ‘Get me to hospital’ work focuses on supporting both practitioners and the individual. We have now published a ‘Get me to hospital’ e-learning course. Find it on our website: scie.info/Get-Me-To-Ho...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 08/04/2026

SCIE hosted advisory groups in January to understand how the sector is responding to the confirmed amendments to the Mental Health Act. Our new report shares insights from these advisory groups👉🏼 scie.info/Mental-Healt...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 07/04/2026

🫱🏻‍🫲🏽SCIE has been working with organisations and individuals across the social care sector to develop our Care Equity Evidence Hub—which brings together research, data and practice evidence in one place to highlight where care inequities exist and approaches that may help address them.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 02/04/2026

On 23 March, Andrew Morley, Senior Practice Development Consultant at SCIE, joined Care Talk Magazine’s roundtable, ‘From Analogue to Digital: Unlocking Technology’s Role in the Future of Care’. In this blog, Andrew explores the most powerful themes from the roundtable👉🏼 scie.info/Unlocking-Te...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 01/04/2026

Last week, Deborah Rozansky, SCIE’s Director of Policy, Research, and Information, attended the Care & Dementia Expo—the UK’s leading event for transforming social care and improving the lives of people living with dementia. 1/2

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 27/03/2026

We are excited to announce that SCIE will be exhibiting at Care Show London this year. 📅29 and 30 April 2026 📌 Excel London We hope to see you there. To find out more and register, visit Care Show London’s website👉 www.careshowlondon.co.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 26/03/2026

Last week, SCIE’s Interim Chief Executive, Gerard Crofton-Martin, participated in a panel at The King's Fund Annual Leadership and Workforce Summit 2026. Gerard joined Alex Baylis; Simon Bottery, and Jess McGregor to explore how social care leadership can be a force for collaboration and reform.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 25/03/2026

📣Care & Dementia Join Deborah Rozansky, SCIE’s Director of Policy, Research and Information, tomorrow at the UK’s leading event for transforming social care and improving the lives of people living with dementia. Find out more and register for free here👉https://www.naidex.co.uk/careanddementia

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 19/03/2026

In this blog, our Trustee, Isaac Samuels OBE, reflects on the importance of the Great British Care Awards and why we’re involved in them: scie.info/GBCA

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 16/03/2026

At SCIE, our mission is to support best practice. That’s why we are proud to support the Palliative and End of Life Care Awards, hosted by Care Talk Magazine. Nominations are now open. Complete the online nomination form here before 7 May 2026: www.palliativecareawards.co.uk/nominate/

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 13/03/2026

We’re excited to share that nominations are now open for the Dementia Care Awards hosted by Care Talk. This is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the dedication and achievements within this crucial sector. To find out more, please visit: www.dementiacareawards.co.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 11/03/2026

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Baroness Glenys Thornton as Chair-Elect. She will work alongside the current Chair, Rt. Hon. Paul Burstow, during a planned handover period ahead of the end of his term in June. The press release can be read here: www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 10/03/2026

As the Casey Commission works towards its final report in 2028 and its thinking on national standards of care progresses, a clear starting point is purpose and scope. We unpicked purpose and scope as part of our work with the sector on national standards: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 09/03/2026

The Department of Health and Social Care is running a survey to explore the self-funder care journey and better understand how to support individuals and families in their care searches. The survey can be found here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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