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The petition, which has over 13,000 signatures, opened a discussion about how best to protect social workers at work

BASW England is calling for reform to social care that goes beyond addressing the injustices of social care funding.

BASW England is concerned about reports of some service users who have decided not to use local services because they cannot afford to pay

Any plan that does not centre the rights and dignity of people of all ages is not an immigration and asylum system that we could support.

Ruth Allen CEO highlights the purpose and role of the Council of Europe - and its huge importance to social work in these uncertain times.

BASW also submitted an accompanying letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, highlighting issues that we feel are fundamental to improving the operation of the MHA, but which BASW felt were not adequately addressed in the consultation itself.

The Queen's Speech provides the government with an opportunity to highlight its priorities for the months ahead.

The BASW England Mental Health Group has discussed deep concerns about the High Intensity Network and SIM raised by practitioners and particularly by people with lived experience of using mental health services.

Kerri Prince, BASW Public and Political Affairs Lead, provides an overview of last week's elections.

As part of BASW England's commitment to engage with politicians around social work, we created a manifesto with the six issues that we would be campaigning on over the coming year.