Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE - The National Skills Academy for Social Care is working to improve leadership behaviours at all levels across social care, and address skills gaps in commissioning, to support effective regulation and high quality adult social care

PRESS RELEASE - The Skills Academy recognises the challenges of effective regulation of the health and social care sectors highlighted in the National Audit Office report on the Care Quality Commission

PRESS RELEASE - The National Skills Academy for Social Care is moving to address leadership behaviour and training gaps, across both residential and domiciliary care, so that high quality adult social care can be properly supported

PRESS RELEASE - The National Skills Academy for Social Care is moving to address skills gaps amongst commissioners so that high quality adult social care in residential settings can be properly supported.

PRESS RELEASE - The National Skills Academy for Social Care says better leadership is needed in some hospitals if excellent care for older people is going to be guaranteed

PRESS RELEASE - Birmingham Metropolitan College achieves prestigious Skills Academy award for Excellence in adult social care training.

PRESS RELEASE - Made up of more than 60 organisations, the Dementia Care Alliance aims to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their carers.

PRESS RELEASE - The Skills Academy is delighted to announce the latest endorsement awards achieved by seven social care training providers.

PRESS RELEASE - On Friday 15 July care workers from all over the UK came to London to showcase their skills in the WorldSkills UK Caring Competition final.

PRESS RELEASE - The Skills Academy responds to the news that one of its Members, Southern Cross, is to have its home taken over by its landlords.

PRESS RELEASE - A reponse to the Dilnot Report from the National Skills Academy for Social Care and its Members.

PRESS RELEASE - A reponse to the BBC's Panorama report on Winterbourne House.

PRESS RELEASE - A key aim of the Skills Academy's role is to raise the status of adult social care as a skilled career that people choose to pursue. Our WorldSkills UK Caring Competition Series is one way of achieving this aim.

PRESS RELEASE - Exeter College played host to the WorldSkills UK Caring Competition Series on 26 May. The competitions are organised by the National Skills Academy for Social Care in partnership with WorldSkills UK.

PRESS RELEASE - By Sheila Scott, National Care Association, Martin Green, English Community Care Association and Debbie Sorkin, National Skills Academy for Social Care.