Swansea Council may shut children’s homes in restructuring of services
Two children’s homes in Swansea could close under plans to restructure the council’s child and family services.
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Two children’s homes in Swansea could close under plans to restructure the council’s child and family services.
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EVERY adult in Wales could be asked to make a one-off payment of up to £25,000 to pay for any future social care they may need.
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SOCIAL services in Swansea could be heading for a major shake-up under new plans to improve support for vulnerable youngsters in the county.
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ELDERLY people could be required to pay up to £20,000 for their social care under proposals outlined today on meeting the cost of looking after an ageing population.
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Roger Williams, Mp for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, used today’s Welsh Oral Question session to call on the Wales Office to scrap the Social Care Consultation that will see a reduction of £130m in Wales as a result of the scrapping of the Disability Living Allowance and the attendance allowance.
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A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a Swansea respite care home. Around 50 people turned out for a packed meeting to discuss the future of Earlsmoor — a Brynmill-based respite centre.
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DISABLED people in Wales would lose more than £130m a year under UK Government plans to reorganise social care, figures released today by Plaid Cymru suggest.
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THE recession must not be used as an excuse to backtrack on delivering children’s services, it is warned today.
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THE adopted teenage son of foster carers repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted a young girl they had fostered. The 19-year-old boy had abused the girl for four years – from when she was six years old – before her brother told one of his teachers.
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UNIONS have reacted with anger to the Assembly Government’s decision to appoint a management consultancy which recommended swingeing job cuts in the NHS in England.
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