Social workers have expressed concern that multi-disciplinary working in mental health services is being eroded and some fear the wellbeing of service users is bieng put at risk.

Government proposals will see more pressure on adult social care departments, but could also lead to a new role in offering information and advice

Disabled people will have lost £28.3bn in support by 2018 owing to the cumulative impact of multiple government welfare cuts, according to research.

From Monday, all drug and alcohol services in Wiltshire will be brought together into a new community-based, integrated, county-wide drug and alcohol treatment service.

Kev Robinson is a child sexual exploitation development worker with Barnardo’s. He talks to Chris Bond about his work and the challenges ahead.

A couple committed suicide together in a blazing car because they couldn’t face telling residents and staff one of their failing care homes was closing, an inquest heard.

A care home worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly resident. Police launched a murder inquiry after Ivan Emmanuel Campbell was admitted to hospital in April last year and died the following day.

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, has pledged to look again at giving VAT rebates to charitable providers of NHS services, but said he would not take immediate action.

THE running of child protection services in Doncaster could be privatised as ‘troubleshooters’ launch a new investigation into the repeated failures to address its shortcomings.

Telehealth and telecare services have been shown to reduce death rates by as much as 45 per cent, according to a review of the Department of Health’s 3 Million Lives initiative.