ADULT social care in Dorset is set to take a hit as the county council plans to cut £7.5million from the service’s budget.

The mother of abused toddler Baby P wished social services would “back off and leave her alone”, an interview filmed four months before he died has revealed.

A CARE home worker has appeared before magistrates accused of mistreating nine mentally-ill residents.

THE manageress of a Hampshire care home wept as she was spared an immediate prison sentence for stealing about £5,000 from patients.

Hundreds of people detained under the Mental Health Act are being held in police cells – despite criticism that the continuing practice is “intolerable”.

Health professionals must start working in formal networks to spread expert knowledge in dealing with child abuse, a senior Department of Health (DoH) official has suggested.

Training on drug, alcohol and substance misuse must be included in the social work degree and not left until post-qualifying courses, the latest poll from the General Social Care Council has concluded.

Government inspector Ofsted says 12 councils given ‘performing poorly’ rating are not doing enough to keep children safe

Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.

HEALTH professionals failed to warn a social worker who was almost stabbed to death that a psychiatric patient had threatened to kill her on several occasions, an independent probe has revealed.