CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save three care homes in South Tyneside have accused council bosses of “demoralising” workers facing the axe.

Council chiefs have dramatically scaled down a service which previously gave disabled Cumbrians vital equipment to help them live safely and independently.

The father of a 14-year-old boy from Walton has told a court he pleaded with social services to get his son “out of his hair”.

Communication channels between local safeguarding children boards (LSCB) and partner agencies – particularly doctors and independent health care organisations – are “relatively weak”, according to a new report.

Some of the West’s most vulnerable children could be put at serious risk by savage 75-per-cent cuts to some services, it has been warned.

Elderly and vulnerable people are being duped into handing over thousands of pounds for overpriced mobility aids by rogue traders.

End of life care is improving, but more needs to be done to ensure patients receive the best possible care in the setting of their choice, a report has found.

A senior county councillor has warned there is a danger social workers are being demonised following the publication of the Serious Case Review into the deaths of Jean and Derrick Randall.

A senior officer at Derby City Council in charge of social services and education has been suspended from her post, it has been confirmed.

A TRUSTED carer at a South Tyneside care home stole thousands of pounds from elderly people she was meant to be looking after.