Adult care and dementia costs largest worry in Plymouth
THE cost of looking after vulnerable adults is fast becoming Plymouth’s biggest burden, writes Political Reporter Keith Rossiter.
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THE cost of looking after vulnerable adults is fast becoming Plymouth’s biggest burden, writes Political Reporter Keith Rossiter.
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A SOCIAL worker put the safety of 33 vulnerable children at risk after failing to update their records and return confidential reports, a professional body heard.
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A new head of children’s services at Cambridgeshire County Council has been appointed. Adrian Loades succeeds Gordon Jeyes as the new executive director of children and young people’s services.
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LOOMING Government spending cuts will force social services to find more efficient ways of helping vulnerable residents, managers have warned.
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A Haringey social worker today accepted undisclosed compensation over the authority’s false claim that she did not raise concerns about returning Baby P to his mother.
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An elderly man suffered minor burns after being trapped in a fire at a sheltered housing complex in Suffolk.
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The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is the first local authority to make web pages easily accessible to people with learning disabilities on their council website.
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The owner and manager of a Southampton care home have been found guilty of ill-treating and neglecting residents.
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George Osborne faced anger and dismay last night over his plans to cut sickness benefits, with even a government minister joining the backlash.
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Westminster Council is planning to shave £1.6m off its early years budget and £900,000 from youth and play services over the next three years, as part of council-wide efficiency savings of £54m to be made by 2013.
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