Independent mental health provider the Priory Group has launched a programme aimed at young people displaying sexually inappropriate behaviour.

Addressing families’ difficulties before they grow unmanageable can save money in the long term. But will this approach survive as council budgets are slashed?

Derbyshire County Council’s children’s services team has been praised by Ofsted for the quality of its assessments for disabled children and fast response to child protection concerns.

Plans to build a new care home in a Norfolk village could bring about 100 new jobs to the area. A developer has applied for outline planning permission for an 80-bed building in Hoveton, near Norwich.

SIX fire crews rushed to Bridge House care home in Barham on today after a blaze tore through its roof.

Following the government’s revelation that it intends to roll out independent social work practices to support older and disabled people, BASW is urging independent members with an interest in pilot studies to come forward and work with their professional association.

Councils are commissioning better adult social care services, the Care Quality Commission said today.

Leicestershire County Council has defended its adult care services after complaints more than doubled.

Warwickshire County Council social care could be left £30m worse off due to government funding cuts, it claimed.

More than half of local authorities in England fear budget pressures will affect care services that help elderly people and adults with disabilities to live at home, according to a new survey.