Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.

HEALTH professionals failed to warn a social worker who was almost stabbed to death that a psychiatric patient had threatened to kill her on several occasions, an independent probe has revealed.

Already overwhelmed children’s services are facing rising demand as benefit reforms hit struggling parents, all while council cuts threaten to push social care into the abyss, writes Ray Jones

Oldham Council’s social services boss Veronica Jackson, is to retire in February after seven years with the council.

Hundreds of people detained under the Mental Health Act are being held in police cells – despite criticism that the continuing practice is “intolerable”.

Health professionals must start working in formal networks to spread expert knowledge in dealing with child abuse, a senior Department of Health (DoH) official has suggested.

Training on drug, alcohol and substance misuse must be included in the social work degree and not left until post-qualifying courses, the latest poll from the General Social Care Council has concluded.

Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for hospital acute services.

Service planning relies heavily on estimates and the costs of residential care vary wildly, says David Brindle

Weekly charges for care homes at Nottinghamshire County Council could increase by £200 under proposals unveiled by managers.