MSc programmes face the axe as university cites lack of ‘internationally excellent research’ in social work studies

A SCHEME to protect children who have witnessed or suffered domestic violence was to be rolled out across the city today.

Sunita Mason explains why her review of the criminal records regime will make life easier for those who care for the vulnerable

A NEW REPORT entitled Responsible Reform, published today by disabled people (9 January 2012), finds that government misled MPs and peers over the hostility to disability benefit reform.

New research which investigated what happens when older people are given the opportunity to shape service commissioning and delivery is now available.

LOCAL councils have defended adult social care fees, amid claims the system is “not fit for purpose” and is failing elderly people.

A COUNTY-WIDE campaign to raise awareness of adult abuse and the protection of vulnerable people is being run by Buckinghamshire County Council.

Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are being robbed of their dignity by England’s failing social care services and left at risk of “terrible abuse and neglect”, David Cameron has been warned.

Stronger financial regulation of care providers is needed to create an early warning system for struggling companies in the wake of Southern Cross’s collapse, according to a restructuring expert.

Politicians from all parties have been urged to work together to find a way to overhaul the “failing” social care system in England.