BASW England responds to news about urgent proceedings issued against SoS for Health and Social Care - as the number of people with learning disabilities dying from Covid-19 continues to rise The Government needs to change vaccine prioritisation to prevent further deaths. News 29 Jan 2021
Lack of resettlement provision for young offenders Damning report highlights high re-offending rates and poor health, educational and employment support News 8 Oct 2019
Plans for UK’s first National Care Service outlined in Scottish bill Health secretary hails ‘most ambitious reform of public services since the creation of the NHS’ News 23 Jun 2022
Social workers come top for kindness Survey of 60,000 puts social work top among professions News 13 Apr 2022
UK-wide peer support for social work students is launched Monthly online meeting aims to provide space to share experiences and support each other News 4 Apr 2023
Robin Moulster, BASW Cymru national director has recently left the BASW team. We would like to pay tribute to Robin and thank him for all his work over the years at BASW Blog 19 Dec 2018
National newspaper criticised for stigmatising children in care People with care experience and social workers speak out against article published in The Times News 24 Nov 2021
Shuggie Bain – A novel for social work Social worker David Stakes on why every practitioner should read the Booker Prize-winning novel In focus 8 Feb 2021
Help social worker Simon swim the extra mile for children Simon Parry is aiming to raise £4,500 to support families struggling with the cost of living crisis by swimming across the English Channel this summer News 8 Jun 2023