Relevant to adult social care providers in Oxfordshire

Between now and April 2027, The Big Conversation will give people across England the opportunity to say what they want and expect from a future National Care Service, including on the tough questions on who it should support, what families should reasonably be expected to do, and how the country should pay for care in a fair and sustainable way.

The APPG on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities is exploring how intergenerational approaches can transform how we understand and address loneliness across society.

We want real examples. Real evidence. Real impact.

Submit your evidence and help shape national change.

HSE is carrying out a review of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PPER 22).

The 2022 Regulations extended employers’ and employees’ duties regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) to limb (b) workers. 

Under employment law in the UK, the definition of a worker has 2 parts: 

• Limb (a) describes employees who work under a contract of employment. 
• Limb (b) describes workers who generally have a more casual employment status and work under a contract for service, such as freelance couriers, casual agency staff, and some zero-hour contract staff in the gig economy.  

HSE are gathering the views of businesses that engage limb (b) workers and those workers themselves to understand how the Regulations are working in practice and whether they continue to meet their intended objectives.

HSE is carrying out a review of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PPER 22).

The 2022 Regulations extended employers’ and employees’ duties regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) to limb (b) workers. 

Under employment law in the UK, the definition of a worker has 2 parts: 

• Limb (a) describes employees who work under a contract of employment. 
• Limb (b) describes workers who generally have a more casual employment status and work under a contract for service, such as freelance couriers, casual agency staff, and some zero-hour contract staff in the gig economy.  

HSE are gathering the views of businesses that engage limb (b) workers and those workers themselves to understand how the Regulations are working in practice and whether they continue to meet their intended objectives.

NHS England is reviewing AACC commissioning and contracting arrangements, including the potential introduction of a tariff-based framework.

The proposed tariff is not intended to standardise payment rates. Instead, it would classify people into groups with similar levels and types of need, with associated resource expectations.

The objective is to reduce the current variation whereby individuals with similar needs can receive significantly different levels of funded support.

In the meantime, a wider survey on the future development of AACC is now live.

The survey is seeking views from commissioners, providers, people with lived experience and their carers and others with an interest in AACC. It explores current challenges within AACC and asks for feedback on potential approaches to describing, commissioning and funding care more consistently in the future.

Seeking views on the proposed approach to holiday pay compliance and enforcement by the Fair Work Agency.

Ofsted is in the process of starting a new chapter. In 2024, we carried out a consultation we called ‘the Big Listen’ – the largest consultation in our history. This gave us valuable feedback on how all our inspections could be improved.

We are now building directly on what we heard in the Big Listen. 

Seeking views on proposals to support the fair, transparent and responsible use of workplace monitoring technologies, used to monitor, manage or make decisions relating to workers.

Seeking evidence that contributes towards an understanding of:

• the professions and roles that should continue to be able to use the title ‘nurse’ without risk of prosecution
• other professional titles that should be protected under the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) legislative framework

Seeking views on how we can comprehensively reform the pay discrimination framework so that it works better for workers, businesses and the justice system.

This survey is designed to extract specific data on a range of issues faced by Care Workers, influencing policy decisions and ensuring Care Workers’ voices are at the heart of change. By completing this survey, you will be entered into a Prize Draw. 

The Commission on Adult Social Care wants to hear from you. You may want to tell us about your personal experiences of how the system works today – good and bad – and also ideas about how it could be improved.

This page is for anyone – whether you use care and support, work in care, are from an organisation that provides care or works to improve it or you just want to share your thoughts as in interested citizen. We’d like to hear your experiences in your own words and learn what matters most to you.

The Professional Standards Authority invites you to share evidence or insight to inform their assessment of the Care Professionals Register operated by the Care Professional Organisation (formerly NACAS) which has applied for accreditation as a voluntary professional register for care and support workers in England.

This study, led by the University of Southampton, is the first study conducted about live-in care when dementia is the primary support need. The study aims to research live-in care from multiple perspectives to improve clarity and provide evidence that will help  families navigate the long-term care system, and policymakers develop and improve this form of homecare. 

This project aims to understand sense of belonging and perceptions of unity and division in the United Kingdom. The study will involve completing a questionnaire with some interactive elements. It will require around 10-15 minutes of your time. You will be presented with questions about how you feel about your local area and the United Kingdom along with some basic demographic questions.

Open research

We want to understand what everyday technology is being used with and for adults with learning disabilities support. We are asking people who work within support provision, family carers, and adults with a learning disability to complete a short online survey.  The information gathered from this survey will help us understand which technologies are being used by and to support adults with learning disabilities, as well as the purposes they serve.