Hampshire County Council is to slash almost £25m from its children’s services budget, as part of a restructure and efficiency savings drive that will see 185 staff lose their jobs.

COST-CUTTING measures to secure the future of care services in Derbyshire have been unveiled by the county council.

A NEW care home will create up to 50 jobs when it opens on the site of a former pub. National company Ideal Care Homes is offering jobseekers positions at The Cedars in Leek New Road, Sneyd Green.

A 91-year-old Coventry woman died after being admitted to hospital with bed sores, which she got while being cared for at home.

Khyra Ishaq would still be alive today if social workers and education officials with Birmingham City Council had reacted properly to tell-tale signs of malnutrition and abuse, an official inquiry has concluded.

Fostering services in Leeds which were criticised as being inadequate last year have received a positive report from government inspectors.

More than 50 social worker jobs are to be axed and replaced with call centre staff to save cash. County Hall said that from November, some elderly or vulnerable people would be dealt with over the phone instead of seeing a care worker face-to-face.

The government has launched an independent review into how early intervention projects can improve the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children.

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has been criticised for failing to swiftly deal with a surge in its caseload following the Baby Peter scandal.

A CONSULTATION is being held across the borough on the changing face of social care.