BASW has expressed concern that senior figures in social care aren’t “prepared to rock the boat” and tackle the culture revealed by a Which? report which asked 30 elderly people or their families to keep diaries of their experiences of home care provided by paid workers and found examples of missed visits, people left alone without food, drink or medication or even access to the toilet.

Elderly patients should be looked after at home by NHS-funded carers instead of being kept at hospital, experts said in a criticism of the Government’s health reforms.

COUNCIL chiefs have agreed to foot a £630,000 bill for social care to avoid people with learning disabilities being sued for breach of contract.

The Royal Nursing Homes Association (RNHA) has welcomed a call from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for an increase in public funding for care home residents, ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this week.

Personal budgets for older people are not improving outcomes, says the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services