CAMPAIGNERS battling to keep a Romsey care home open have been dealt a double whammy. Hampshire’s social care bosses have sent their strongest signal yet that Nightingale Lodge will close,

Six out of seven elderly people will die before they reach the Government’s social care cap, Labour has warned. New research published by shadow care minister Liz Kendall has claimed

Children’s services at Birmingham Council could be taken over by the Department for Education before Christmas if standards do not improve. The takeover will happen if Ofsted inspectors do not

Elderly people face paying £150,000 for residential care before they hit the cap on care costs in England, an analysis by Labour suggests. The sum is more than double the

Increased pressure to fill intermediate care services with people leaving hospital has left less capacity to help people avoid unnecessary hospitalisation, the second national audit of intermediate care has revealed.

No-one could have predicted a mother would murder her two young children after the relationship with her partner broke down, a review has concluded. Fiona Donnison, 47, of Surrey, was

Michael Gove has said that more struggling children’s services departments in England could be taken over by independent providers. The Education Secretary also said he was considering opening up well

A PAIR of staff members from a Swedish University are in the city this week as part of an ongoing partnership discussing social work. Earlier this year Selwyn Stanley, a

A service which provides subscribers with up to date information on pregnancy, child development, child health and parent health, now has more than 200,000 subscribers, the Health and Social Care