The head of adult social care at Peterborough City Council has been forced to defend himself after a controversial comment at a public meeting.

A SOCIAL worker has won the right to sue the health trusts that were treating the psychiatric patient who stabbed her and left her for dead.

Staff at a council in Devon are to be given a £1,000 incentive to recommend qualified social workers to the council.

The director for dementia care for Bupa Care Services is to be made honorary professor in person-centred dementia care at Bradford University.

CONSTRUCTION work is getting underway on a £1 million specialist dementia care unit in Liverpool.

THE CHILDREN’s Centre at Hailsham’s Dunbar Drive will merge with Hailsham East Children’s Centre under plans by the county authority to save around £130,000.

Angry staff and relatives of residents at two threatened Peterborough care homes stormed out of a meeting last night after being accused of setting an old lady off in tears over the consultation.

Care packages that allow disabled people to maintain their independence and live at home are under threat as a council moves to cap the cost of caring

People with learning disabilities and autism call for control over personal finances, greater independence, and inclusion by Steve Scown

A PROBE into Hannah Bonser’s contact with mental health services has been launched by NHS Doncaster, Doncaster Council and mental health charity Rethink.