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BASW Cymru is working with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Health and Social Services Lead for Plaid Cymru, on changing the latest guidance around care home visits in Wales.

Safe access to care and health settings for social workers as professional visitors is essential

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster.

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.

BASW NI is deeply concerned at the resignation of the RQIA Board & welcomes an independent review into the mass resignations.

BASW Cymru had petitioned the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales about our deep concerns for the well-being and human rights of older people in care homes, whose voices have been effectively silenced throughout lockdown.

Maris Stratulis National Director for BASW England comments on the ADASS Budget survey

BASW Cymru has been in conversation with the Older People’s Commissioner for last couple of weeks about the appalling number of deaths in care settings. We have also shared our concerns about the essential role of social workers in upholding the human rights of older people and ensuring the voices of older people in care settings are heard.

Blog by Professor Brid Featherstone (University of Huddersfield) and Professor Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway University of London)