Thousands of elderly and disabled people are set for a huge social care shake-up within weeks, after councillors agreed a radical shift in how Norfolk’s vulnerable are looked after.

A damning report by the Local Government Ombudsman has slammed Hull City Council for failing to protect two children from their mother’s violent partner.

Over 2,000 care homes in England have no registered manager, according to figures from the regulator.

THREE quarters of people in Britain intend to take on the burden of looking after their elderly relatives – because they don’t trust care homes, it emerged yesterday.

Social workers’ admin tasks have rocketed due to cuts in administrative support and frontline roles, according to latest research.

A former social worker from South Yorkshire is hoping to start a co-operative for people needing social care due to a disability or old age.

The amount of money paid for care home places in Oxfordshire has been frozen by the county council.

Partnerships between social workers, police and health workers could speed up interventions for children, an evaluation of a multi-agency safeguarding hubs has found.

A PRIVATE care home was put on formal warning this week amid “urgent” concerns that vulnerable residents are not getting enough to eat and drink and some staff are not qualified to look after them.

AN assistant manager at a care home has admitted tying a 68-year-old man with dementia to a handrail.