THE impact of the controversial changes to adult social care provided by West Sussex County Council will be assessed by the Adults’ Services Select Committee next week.

A SOCIAL worker accused of a campaign of historic sexual abuse at a Northamptonshire children’s home has been acquitted of all the allegations.

THE new sector-led team for Peterborough City Council’s childcare services has been finalised, after a departmental shake-up following a damning Ofsted report.

BASW has reacted with ‘dismay but not surprise’ to a new report that revealed housing support workers are being forced to fill the gap left by adult social workers and undertake a range of tasks that they are neither qualified nor trained for.

More needs to be done to protect people from failing care services in England, a report says.

A “damning” report on changes to social care in Poole which left residents feeling “betrayed” has led to a review by the council.

Demand for social care services is continuing to rise, according to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) third annual report.

Increased longevity and the health-related problems that go hand-in-hand with getting older are proving increasingly challenging for the NHS and its partners, says Maria Kane, chief executive of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

A social worker accused of misconduct did not sexually abuse a child in his care in East Anglia, a disciplinary panel has ruled.

A nursing home in Wiltshire has been issued with a formal warning to make urgent improvements to its standards of care.