Hounslow Council has stopped paying the company that runs the care home that was shut down when Legionnaires bacteria was found in the water supply.

CARERS have accused the council of “abdicating responsibility” of the elderly in the adult social services shake-up. Despite the council’s consultation process carers and residents at Pensall House say they feel they have been left out.

Complaints of misconduct against social workers were shelved to save money, after the profession’s regulatory body had its budget cut, an inquiry reports today.

WIRRAL Council will tonight face demands for an independent investigation into how vulnerable people in the local authority’s care remain unprotected from “financial abuse”.

A NEW pilot scheme aimed at reducing the number of people sent to hospital as a result of falls has been launched. Hertfordshire social services will work with the East of England ambulance service, travelling together to provide immediate on-site aftercare.

92% of the older people surveyed said they knew little or nothing about the government’s new scheme to introduce personal budgets for social care

A CHILDREN’S services boss who was suspended in the aftermath of the murder of a toddler has launched a counter attack against a town hall chief.

A man who sexually abused a minor (referred to as ‘Ms A’) has been removed from the Social Care Register by an independent committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

A new qualification to enter the children’s workforce is under development, after concerns from childcare employers that standards had been set too high.

A social worker who stole over £50,000 in cash from a charity she worked for has been removed from the profession by an independent committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC).