Medway Council has laid out its proposals for cutting £2.1m from its adult social care budget.

Thinktank warns charities of risks associated with turning to lenders to counter drop-off in traditional fundraising income

The deaths of three people who were killed by mental health patients in Wiltshire could have been avoided, two independent reports have found.

Equality and Human Rights Commission says elderly people face unchecked ‘ageism’ from council-funded home care

The government is expected to outline plans to improve the court process for child victims of sexual exploitation and ensure all police forces improve their initial response to cases to increase the number of prosecutions.

Rise in misconduct cases prompts regulator to publish advice on professional boundaries for staff

Elderly people are suffering because councils are cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from their nursing and care home budgets, the Coalition admits today.

British Association of Social Workers launches ‘no’ campaign after social workers are told they could pay twice for registration next year and significantly higher fees afterwards

A Cumbrian social worker is facing a formal hearing into allegations that she failed to declare she had social links with one of her clients.

Peter Hay, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), has made what he is calling an unprecedented offer to private care home owners to join him and other directors of adult social services in talks about fee levels paid by local councils.