Increasing pressure on social workers is putting vulnerable children at serious risk, according to a union. Unison has criticised city and county councillors in Nottinghamshire for “rocketing” caseloads.

A MAN suffering from dementia died from hypothermia after walking out of a care home in South Nutfield last year, an inquest has heard.

New research has warned of a ‘ticking timebomb’ in relation to the current state of social care, with many families currently reluctant to look after their elderly relatives.

A MIDLAND doctor is facing a month-long hearing by her professional governing body over irresponsible and inadequate treatment of 13 patients at the care home she ran.

Confusion over the failings of the current social care system and a reluctance to look after elderly relatives could hamper public debate on the government’s impending Green Paper, a survey has warned.

The task of reinventing the image of social work should be handed to a top global advertising agency, the founder of children’s charity Kids Company has told CYP Now.

CARE chiefs are launching another bid to close two Southampton City Council care homes despite protests from angry residents and their families.

A COUPLE illegally recruited and exploited untrained immigrant workers who cared for vulnerable elderly people at two Worthing care homes, a court heard.

Three Haringey social workers who were fired following the death of Baby P are to appeal against their sackings, it emerged today.

As the population ages, current adult social care arrangements are proving both unaffordable and unfair and, as the government struggles to get public debt under control, the solutions may be unpalatable, warns Andrew Cozens