CARE home staff are today reeling over Devon County Council’s revelation that it plans to cut 200 jobs from the sector, as the authority aims to shave £5 million from running costs over three years.

SERVICES to the elderly could be targeted as Torbay Care Trust tries to bring a projected £1.9million overspend under control.

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.

More details emerged yesterday of how day centres for some of the most vulnerable people in Norfolk are to be shut or revamped in a bid to slash more than £10m in social services spending and target care to those most in need.

SOCIAL services chiefs have this week unveiled their proposals for Trafford’s future residential care provision. And the blueprint shows a major shift in the way the borough plans to look after its elderly residents.

Jason Owen, one of three people convicted over the death of Baby P, is likely to be freed from prison in just three years after winning an appeal against an indeterminate sentence.
 

NEW homes are being found for more than 20 people, some with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, after a care centre in Burnley announced it is closing.

Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P, has given up on her appeal for a more lenient prison sentence over her role in torturing her toddler son.

ABOUT 150 vacancies will be on offer at a major jobs fair taking place in Derby tomorrow for people looking to work in the care sector.