In this piece, we focus on the front door to adult social care – exploring how digital tools are enabling people, families, carers, and professionals to access the right information and support when they need it – at their first point of contact with social services.

In this article, we explore how systems can drive the shift from a reactive to a strategic commissioning model powered by key digital interventions - enabling more proactive, outcomes-driven approaches to meeting people's needs.

This article is part of our Digital Blueprint for Adult Social Care, a series exploring how technology and cultural change can come together transform services. In this article, we explore how systems can drive the shift from a reactive to a strategic commissioning model powered by key digital interventions - enabling more proactive, outcomes-driven approaches to meeting people's needs.

The world of health and care is full of abbreviations and acronyms, we’re here to help. We have put together an A to Z of terms to demystify the TLAs (three-letter acronyms).

How do we truly utilise the power of digital technology to transform health and social care? Channel 3’s Ralph Cook brought together adult social care and health leaders at the ADASS Spring Seminar to discuss the way ahead.

Channel 3 is proud to be partnered with the Drive Forward Foundation, who provide young adults leaving foster or residential care with work placements to broaden their skills, knowledge and experience. Throughout the year, we are joined by young adults looking to gain professional work experience. Here is what Eyerusalem thought about her time with us...

Any organisation contemplating an EPMA programme has many issues to resolve on the road to unlocking the unquestionable benefits. Channel 3 has helped organisations go on this journey. The net result has been effective staff structures and roles, and safe IT implementations.

Channel 3 invited digital leaders to discuss the challenges they face in healthcare, and how the NHS can better support and develop their leaders. Here we share their insights and advice on the importance of mentorship, diversity and ongoing education for digital leaders in healthcare.

People need joined-up services, that are designed to work together, to help them face complex societal challenges. Joining up is difficult because staff can lack the data, tools, skills and capacity to deliver the quality of services that they aspire to. Nowhere is this truer than in adult social care (ASC), where pressure on staff is huge and the opportunity to alleviate some of that, using a digital approach has not yet been taken.

Channel 3's Dr Emma Garland outlines the well-known challenges faced by health and social care systems in providing the right support at the right time to unpaid carers and suggests using digital to supercharge their approach.

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar 2024 kicks off this week, showcasing a packed agenda filled with promise.

Channel 3's Dr Emma Garland outlines the importance of putting people at the heart of digital transformation to maximise your chances of success.