BASW has responded to the appointment of Edward Timpson MP as new children’s minister and Norman Lamb MP as care services minister by urging them to learn the lessons their predecessors refused to heed by listening to the expertise BASW offers as “the authentic organised voice for the profession”.

The UK government’s ‘work capability assessment’ for sick and disabled people has been revealed to be blatantly unfair, and decisions are frequently overturned on appeal.

People in Somerset who are aged over 60 and have experienced domestic violence are being invited to take part in a new study.

Private care homes which fail to meet satisfactory standards will be named and shamed by a local authority under pioneering moves to improve social care services.

REFERRALS to social services of youngsters at risk of sexual abuse have rocketed in Runcorn and Widnes due to young people being exposed to perverts who look at indecent images of children.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has released a consultation paper on its strategy for 2013-2016 asking for views on its plans for the next three years.

An innovative project has the potential to grow into a replacement for existing services for older people, by Hilary Cottam

Jeremy Hunt is to take over from Andrew Lansley as health secretary. Mr Lansley, whose NHS reforms prompted months of controversy last year, will become leader of the House of Commons.

Paid care workers are key to delivering the government’s reforms, yet the white paper pays them scant attention, By Nick Johnson

Community groups and organisations with ideas for projects that reduce the isolation and increase the mobility of older people can apply for a share of £100,000 of funding.