Reforms could be affordable if the government took the difficult decisions about which households contribute to a new system, by James Lloyd

Following the Winterbourne View serious case review, BASW is urging the government to impose statutory regulation on the employment of care staff, so that the proposed Code of Conduct can be properly enforced.

King’s Fund says if all PCTs worked to best standards, £462m could be saved with cut of 2.3m overnight hospital stays

A CARE home treating people with dementia will continue to be monitored by regulators after an inspection still found failings.

Guest blogger Roger Marsden, head of retirement at Aviva, looks at the Government’s plans for social care and the steps those nearing retirement are already taking to prepare.

A senior opposition councillor has raised concerns about a ‘massive overspend’ on a new council IT system.

A FATHER battling to win access to his son says his life has been ruined by social workers. The 48-year-old is one of nine families currently in dispute with Hull City Council over how their child custody cases have been dealt with by the authority.

Following the publication of the serious case review on Winterbourne View, the private hospital where abuse of patients with learning disabilities was uncovered through secret filming by the BBC Panorama programme, BASW has called for services to be localised and for social workers to be integral to their provision.

Total government expenditure on services down by £150m, the first reduction since 2001, says Department of Health report

Independent expert details hundreds of incidents of restraint and dozens of assaults on patients by staff at private hospital