Britain’s biggest private care home operator, Southern Cross Healthcare, today warned that public sector spending cuts are already cutting deep into its business as local authorities strive to save money.

KENT NEWS: Union leaders have launched a campaign to disrupt the planned closure of a number of council-run care homes for the elderly.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for a radical reform of family courts after figures obtained by Barnardo’s revealed that some are taking up to 65 weeks to rule if it is safe for children to stay with their parents.

VULNERABLE children remain at risk in Essex because of inadequate care being provided by the county council, it has emerged.

Adult social care departments at English councils could get around £400m in transferred NHS funding to offset the effects of service cuts that would otherwise impact the health service.

The owner of a care agency, dropped by a council after a serious case review into an elderly woman’s death, has spoken about the case.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has criticised Unison proposals for social workers to work in pairs on child protection cases.

Worcestershire County Council has been told to urgently increase social care staffing after an Ofsted inspection.

A CARE worker held down two jobs with different public sector bodies at the same time, a hearing was told.

Britain’s fostering system is being strained to breaking point in the wake of the tragic death of Baby Peter, and the system will collapse unless more carers are recruited, a leading charity has warned.