AN ECO-FRIENDLY care home which is thought to be first of its kind in England is getting ready to open its doors after creating 50 jobs in Stockton.

Council plans to cut home care assistance for people with Parkinson’s disease is not displaying the government’s commitment to social care, it is claimed.

The health service and local government must work as partners on social care in the face of a spending squeeze, the NHS Confederation said today.

A review of social care is under way at a Teesside council after inspectors found vulnerable and elderly people were being let down.

Training care staff how it feels to have dementia has helped tackle overdependence on antipsychotic drugs, writes Rowenna Davis

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An improvement notice set up at Surrey County Council’s children’s services two years ago after Ofsted found a series of failings has been lifted.

Adoption guidelines should be relaxed to let white couples adopt children from different ethnic backgrounds, a government minister urged local councils today.

A NEW carehome business is set to roll out a string of short-break holiday developments for people with disabilities and plans to create around 90 jobs at developments in Whitley Bay, Gateshead and Northumberland.