Independent mental health provider the Priory Group has launched a programme aimed at young people displaying sexually inappropriate behaviour.

Addressing families’ difficulties before they grow unmanageable can save money in the long term. But will this approach survive as council budgets are slashed?

A disabled man has hit out at a care firm embroiled in a council investigation.

Social Work Practices, which have been piloted successfully in children’s services are being extended to adult care. The Practices are made up from independent social workers who are contracted to local authorities.

An inquiry has been launched into the human rights of older people receiving home-based care.

Slough Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to cut the amount foster carers receive by up to 50 per cent, from 15 November.

FIVE day centres in West Berkshire which care for elderly and vulnerable people are to be shut by West Berkshire Council as it seeks to redress a brutal cut to its budget.

The number of elderly people with dementia in the UK is set to rise by 70% over the next 20 years, according to a recently released report.

Following the government’s revelation that it intends to roll out independent social work practices to support older and disabled people, BASW is urging independent members with an interest in pilot studies to come forward and work with their professional association.

Councils are commissioning better adult social care services, the Care Quality Commission said today.