The Carers Trust have launched a new resource aimed at Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to ensure that support for carers is prioritised. The guidance, Commissioning for Carers: Key Principles for

There have been 959 referrals in a year to children’s social care, a Tynwald committee heard. The Social Affairs policy review committee heard evidence from Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw

A new recruitment toolkit aims to help employers select the right candidates, by Debbie Sorkin As Camilla Cavendish noted in her review of practice among healthcare assistants and care support

Closing two day care centres and cutting 51 jobs is a “financial necessity”, Manchester City Council has said. The plan, which will be considered by the Health Scrutiny Committee on

Children’s services in Doncaster will be ‘spun out’ into staff-owned trust after series of damning reports A council has been stripped of its powers to provide child protection by the

A Bedfordshire care home is to close by Friday, following a damning inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Meppershall Care Home, near Shefford, closed to new admissions on

Social services, police, probation and other agencies were not to blame for the death of Tia Sharp, who was murdered by Stuart Hazell, a report has said. Tia was 12

Care and support minister Norman Lamb has called for members of the public to step forward and care for elderly people living in their community. He told The Telegraph he

A woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis has spoken against the post code lottery faced by people with the condition. Harriet Connides, who lives in East Finchley, has been chosen

The majority of former patients at a private hospital where abuse was exposed have been moved to community-based homes, the BBC has learned. Eleven care workers admitted a total of