Health and social care support services in London should be more joined up to save time and money as well as improve patient care, new research by London Councils shows today.

Ofsted has finalised plans to begin two-week long spot checks of local authority child protection services from May.

A new assistant director for social care in Adult and Local Services has been appointed by Cumbria County Council.

The Department of Health has unveiled a children and young people’s health forum to be charged with developing a child health strategy over the next three months.

A decision on plans to privatise day care services used by about a thousand disabled and elderly people in Lincolnshire has been postponed.

Hospitals should check every elderly patient for signs of neglect on admission, health ministers will be told on Friday.

USERS of Northumberland’s social services are being asked to share their views on the care and support they receive.

COUNCIL bosses were left red-faced after a resident discovered a director at social care company had previously set up a firm offering coaching sessions in how to seduce women.

More than a million people in the UK who care for a loved-one with cancer are potentially missing out on vital support and benefits, according to research by a leading charity.

A multi-million pound care home will be ready to open this summer. The Kapil Care Homes facility on Old Brumby Street, Scunthorpe, is now weather-tight and progress is being made on the inside.