Elderly need to be protected from cuts
As local authorities prepare for the deepest budget cuts for decades, we have heard much about increasing efficiencies, joint working and rationalisation.
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Category: Care News
No chance of happy ending for Cinderella services
They have often been dubbed “Cinderella services”, neglected and denied the resources to properly flourish.
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Call for transparency as 10 vulnerable NI children die
At least ten vulnerable children – some of them babies – known to social services have died in Northern Ireland since 2003.
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Council owed £100,000 by Oakbank Residential School
The governors of a former residential school in Aberdeen still owe the city council £100,000 – more than two years after it was shut down.
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BASW launches campaign to save car allowances in Wales
BASW Cymru is launching a major campaign to resist local authority assaults on social worker car allowances.
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Deeside College wins national care award
A COLLEGE tutor has picked up an award for being the best in Wales. Anita Curley, a tutor at Coleg Llysfasi in Ruthin, part of Deeside College, was presented with a gold award in the annual Wales Care Awards 2010.
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Blaenau Gwent care homes wind down
THE CLOSURE of two Blaenau Gwent care homes is well under way as residents are being re-homed, according to a council report.
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Children’s social services sees 58% increase in demand
The number of children entering the care system in Denbighshire has increased by 58% in recent years according to an internal report.
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Twelve councils ‘performing poorly’ in children’s services, says Ofsted
Government inspector Ofsted says 12 councils given ‘performing poorly’ rating are not doing enough to keep children safe
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Social care cuts may raise hospital spend
Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.
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