A PRIVATE care home in Tilbury has been slated by the Quality Care Commission for failing to protect residents’ safety and welfare.

NHS hospitals in England will be free to use almost half their hospital beds and theatre time for private patients under government plans.

Carers are to be given legal rights under government plans to increase the assistance available to the six million Britons who look after other people.

Sainsbury’s hopes scheme will improve support for those who look after elderly or sick relatives and neighbours

Age UK says cuts leaving increasing numbers of old people with either no support or very limited help at home

The announcement of a new Community Budget pilot for the tri-Borough area of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea has moved plans forward to revolutionise the way government works in improving people’s lives.

DOZENS of new jobs could be created if plans for a multi-million pound specialist care home get approved.

This is the question posed by BASW’s press officer on today’s Huffington Post blog, which makes the case for politicians pledging sustained support for social workers if they wish to see them portrayed in a more positive light in the media:

Our director of adult care on why the systems and processes overtaking principles and values make you want to cry

The British Association of Social Workers have expressed surprise after receiving a letter from the Nation Audit Office making reference to an ‘assessment exercise’ designed to determine the organisation best placed to oversee the development of a College of Social Work.