Poverty and discrimination experienced by disabled people is on the rise, according to a survey conducted by Leonard Cheshire Disability.

Hounslow Council has stopped paying the company that runs the care home that was shut down when Legionnaires bacteria was found in the water supply.

CARERS have accused the council of “abdicating responsibility” of the elderly in the adult social services shake-up. Despite the council’s consultation process carers and residents at Pensall House say they feel they have been left out.

Complaints of misconduct against social workers were shelved to save money, after the profession’s regulatory body had its budget cut, an inquiry reports today.

WIRRAL Council will tonight face demands for an independent investigation into how vulnerable people in the local authority’s care remain unprotected from “financial abuse”.

A NEW pilot scheme aimed at reducing the number of people sent to hospital as a result of falls has been launched. Hertfordshire social services will work with the East of England ambulance service, travelling together to provide immediate on-site aftercare.

A new qualification to enter the children’s workforce is under development, after concerns from childcare employers that standards had been set too high.

A social worker who stole over £50,000 in cash from a charity she worked for has been removed from the profession by an independent committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC).

Hounslow Council has stopped paying the healthcare provider which runs a care home closed following a legionnaires scare.

Local authorities are facing a huge task to get care users ready for the shift to a market in services, according to the think-tank, Dermos. It has published figures which show more than 80 per cent of people who need social and health care have almost no understanding of the new personal budget system.