There have been 959 referrals in a year to children’s social care, a Tynwald committee heard. The Social Affairs policy review committee heard evidence from Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw

More than 50,000 extra people could demand social care assessments from councils in 2016 when a £72,000 cap on care costs is introduced, according to Department of Health figures. The

Serco may be among firms bidding for contracts as Labour show concern over removal of checks that safeguard standards The government is planning to allow outsourcing firms to bid for

Ministers will need to make an extra £19 billion in spending cuts or tax rises in order to deal with “unsustainable” pressure on the public’s finances from spiraling healthcare costs

Strategic director of children’s services Peter Duxbury had been on leave for the last month, due to an urgent, unplanned family matter The head of Birmingham’s failing children’s services department

A new recruitment toolkit aims to help employers select the right candidates, by Debbie Sorkin As Camilla Cavendish noted in her review of practice among healthcare assistants and care support

Closing two day care centres and cutting 51 jobs is a “financial necessity”, Manchester City Council has said. The plan, which will be considered by the Health Scrutiny Committee on

Children’s services in Doncaster will be ‘spun out’ into staff-owned trust after series of damning reports A council has been stripped of its powers to provide child protection by the

A Bedfordshire care home is to close by Friday, following a damning inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Meppershall Care Home, near Shefford, closed to new admissions on

Social services, police, probation and other agencies were not to blame for the death of Tia Sharp, who was murdered by Stuart Hazell, a report has said. Tia was 12