The head of a local authority under fire after the death of seven children has rejected a formal council vote calling for his resignation.

Most of us would rather not think about what we are going to do when we, our par-ents and partners are too old and infirm to look after ourselves and care at home becomes unaffordable.

A Bicester addiction counsellor who bought wine for an alcoholic patient and discussed his sexual exploits with another has been struck off.

THE OWNER of an elderly care home which was forced by a court to shut down has appealed against the decision.

Consultants have been called in by Birmingham City Council to find ways to help frail elderly and disabled people live for longer in their own homes.

Children’s secretary, Ed Balls, has launched a Whitehall-based plan to improve children’s services, following the Baby P case at Haringey.

TORBAY’s care home industry could be devastated by cost-cutting plans. A £2.13million cut to a £36.6million budget set by mayor Nick Bye for adult social care provision would mean a 5.5 per cent efficiency saving.

Social workers in Suffolk are to have their workloads slashed, thanks to 50 more staff being recruited in the light of the case of Baby P.

Grow your own initiatives, where local authorities and the independent sector support their employees, or potential employees, to qualify as social workers are becoming more popular.

If we want to attract and keep people to work as social workers, we need to give them respect for what they do, says Alan Warner.