TWENTY South Yorkshire children have been treated on adult psychiatric wards – despite a warning the practice is a “national scandal”.

EVERYONE should be given the opportunity to live a full and independent life. That is the philosophy of South Tyneside Council’s Adult Placement Scheme (APS).

A NEW Exmouth charity that supports children as young as four who care for disabled family members is appealing for volunteers.

Poet Lemn Sissay had a traumatic childhood in the care of social services. Now he wants to make sure it doesn’t happen to other children.

A British couple whose baby was wrongly taken away by social workers were awarded £8,000 in compensation yesterday by the European Court of Human Rights.

Councils are being encouraged to harness the potential of social networking sites to engage with young people.

A prominent Norfolk county and district councillor has been disqualified from driving for two years and given a 12 month supervision order after pleading guilty to drink driving.

Dementia should not be seen as a life sentence according to Directors of Adult Social Services in their response to a Government consultation on transforming the quality of dementia care. In a joint submission with the Local Government Association they say delivering better care will need significant investment.

The publication of a briefing on the Police and Mental Health has again brought to the fore the need for a wholesale review of the use of police cells as places of safety for mental health patients, which race equality groups and health experts say has never been more urgent.

Council bosses are set to unveil ambitious plans to create an extra 2,480 care places across Norfolk as part of a long-term strategy to transform residential care to meet the needs and aspirations of older people in 2020.