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BASW continues to campaign for safe access to care homes for social workers and families.

​​​​​​​The Government needs to change vaccine prioritisation to prevent further deaths.

The proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act aim to provide greater choice and autonomy for patients in a mental health crisis

Government needs to recognise a range of different needs, not just clinical ones

This latest report shows ongoing evidence of excessive use of prolonged and long-term seclusion, segregation, restraint and human rights violations and abuse, alongside examples of undignified and inhumane care, in hospital and care settings.

Maris Stratulis, National Director at BASW England, comments on CQC annual report into health and social care in England

Ruth Allen CEO BASW reflects on the urgent and painful failures which the report sets out.

At the 2019 BASW UK Conference and AGM a Motion was passed that BASW endorsed the association to focus on human rights practice, and to work with partners in this area.

The British Journal of Learning Disabilities is pleased to announce calls for papers for two related special issues to be published in 2021

Joint BASW and SCIE press release