1. Home
2. Health and social care

Social care

Sign up for updates to this topic page

Services

• Search Public Guardian registers

  Form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.

• Childcare and children's social care health declaration form

  Health declaration form for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.

• Form D89: Request for personal service by a court bailiff

  Ask a court bailiff to hand-deliver papers to the respondent in family proceedings for you.

• Tell Ofsted about an incident: children's social care notification form

  Online form for adoption or fostering agencies, children's homes and residential family centres. Downloadable form for residential holiday schemes for disabled children.

• Become a children's social care provider: SC2 declaration and consent form

  SC2 declaration and consent form for registered children’s social care providers.

See all services

Guidance and regulation

• Ofsted safeguarding policy

  Guidance

  8 March 2018

  Ofsted

• No Secrets: guidance on protecting vulnerable adults in care

  Guidance

  22 January 2015

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections

  Guidance

  24 July 2015

  Department of Health and Social Care

• Care Act 2014: supporting implementation
  • Statutory guidance
  • 1 October 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
• Care Act 2014 Part 1: factsheets
  • Guidance
  • 19 April 2016
  • Department of Health and Social Care

See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

15 October 2018 — News story

New support launched for disabled adults to improve health

Public Health England

1. £240 million social care investment to ease NHS winter pressures
   • 2 October 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • News story
2. Local area SEND inspection outcome letters
   • 12 September 2018
   • Ofsted and Care Quality Commission
   • Correspondence
3. Consultation announced to improve learning disabilities staff training
   • 12 September 2018
   • Department of Health and Social Care
   • News story
4. Current and future state of nation’s health revealed
   • 11 September 2018
   • Public Health England
   • Press release

See all news and communications

Research and statistics

• Tuberculosis (TB): regional and devolved administration reports
  • 10 October 2018
  • Public Health England
  • Research
• Quality Matters: a summary of outputs one year on
  • 28 September 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Independent report
• Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2017/18
  • 27 September 2018
  • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)
  • National statistics
• Joint inspections of the response to children experiencing neglect
  • 19 September 2018
  • Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Probation, and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
  • Research
• Children’s homes inspections and outcomes: management information
  • 18 September 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Statistical data set

See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

• Directions for integrated care providers (ICPs) 11 October 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

  Open consultation

  Closing date 08 December 2018

• Carers strategy: call for evidence 5 June 2018

  Department of Health and Social Care

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 31 July 2016

• Government response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on integrated care
  • 5 September 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Think Autism strategy: governance refresh 2018
  • 25 July 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Deprivation of liberty standards (DoLS): consultation response
  • 3 April 2018
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper

See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

• FOI: Social care dataset as at 31 March 2018
  • 11 September 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Foi release
• Ofsted corporate annual reports and accounts
  • 16 July 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE: secure children's homes
  • 4 April 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• National Data Guardian Panel meeting minutes, 2017
  • 11 February 2018
  • National Data Guardian
  • Corporate report
• Ofsted Board meetings 2017: papers and minutes
  • 26 January 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report

See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Organisations

1. Department of Health & Social Care
2. Department for Education
3. Department for Work & Pensions
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Show more organisations

1. Public Health England
2. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Ministry of Defence
4. HM Treasury
5. National Information Board
6. Cabinet Office
7. National Data Guardian
8. Ministry of Justice
9. Home Office
10. Accelerated Access Review
11. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
12. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
13. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
14. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
15. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
16. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
17. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
18. Government Equalities Office
19. Department for International Development
20. Department for International Trade
21. Northern Ireland Office
22. HM Revenue & Customs
23. Office of the Public Guardian
24. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
25. Central Arbitration Committee
26. Government Actuary's Department
27. Intellectual Property Office
28. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
29. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
30. Tribunal Procedure Committee
31. Academy for Social Justice Commissioning
32. Attorney General's Office
33. Certification Officer
34. Department for Transport
35. Disclosure & Barring Service
36. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
37. Government Digital Service
38. Government Office for Science
39. Marine Management Organisation
40. Office for Civil Society
41. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
42. Planning Inspectorate
43. UK Export Finance
44. UK Visas and Immigration

1. Ofsted
2. Innovate UK
3. The Charity Commission
4. Office for Life Sciences
5. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
6. Healthcare UK
7. Military Aviation Authority
8. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
9. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
10. Sellafield Ltd
11. Social Security Advisory Committee
12. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
13. Forestry Commission
14. Government Chemist
15. HM Prison Service
16. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
17. Natural England
18. Single Source Regulations Office
19. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
20. Veterans UK