The leader of Surrey County Council has called for a fairer system of social care entitlement. Councillor Nick Skellett said the present system of charging for social care was unfair because it penalised those who had saved for their old age.

The General Social Care Council wants to enforce a code of conduct for employers of social workers.

Mums, academics, social workers, students and unionists have slammed plans to axe an important University of Reading department.

The family doctor who regularly saw Baby P in the months before his death has been suspended from practice.

Construction work has started at two sites in Birmingham on new extra care schemes for older people.

A care worker who allegedly witnessed abuse at a Bristol care home has been suspended.

A staffing crisis means that social workers devote less than ONE HOUR a week to each child on their workload, it is being claimed.

Homeshare is not an adequate replacement for social care, a major charity for the elderly has stated.

Directors of children’s services from an education background should not have responsibility for child social care, according to the British Association of Social Workers.

Heads of children’s social services have welcomed a new child health strategy as a key milestone towards truly integrated services for children and young people. They said the strategy would be another tool for Directors of Children’s Services to use in influencing decisions about health services.