KENT County Council plans to increase charges for home-based care services just three months after announcing it will close two care homes in north Kent.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE is faced with a ‘dementia crisis’, say county hall bosses – with the number of cases expected to rise by 50 per cent by 2025.

A MINISTER sparked anger yesterday when he insisted care for elderly people was enjoying a funding boost – even as scores of councils increase charges and close homes.

The Law Commission has just published the conclusions from its review of law on adult social care in England and Wales. This is a good news story. It represents a significant step towards achieving a single, modern and progressive statute on adult social care for each of England and Wales.

Southern Cross, the crisis-hit care home operator, is looking to raise £100m as part of efforts to secure its future, it has been reported.

The number of people applying to become social workers has almost doubled at one Birmingham college since 2008.

In 1948 the then Labour Government introduced the National Health Service (NHS) and some 60 years later, for all its problems, the NHS Service is still going strong – but it was not the only part of the then Government’s mandate to provide care for all.