Approximately half of local authorities need to improve their services for cared-for children, education inspectors have said.

Forthcoming changes to the way in which inspectors from the Commission for Social Care Inspection gather information will place more importance than ever on how activities are placed at the heart of care.

HUNDREDS of people requiring care are being left out in the cold because social services resources will not stretch to meet their needs – despite a budget boost of £9.3m

The government is expected to abandon its Mental Health Bill – despite spending eight years and millions of pounds preparing it.

Better co-ordinated delivery of advice could help resolve disputes about debt, housing, employment and other matters earlier and more effectively, according to a report published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs today.

Wirral Council is launching a recruitment drive to employ social care staff to coincide with the Department of Health’s third national campaign to raise the profile of working in the social care sector.

New research from Saga Health Care places Addenbrookes Hospital first in its region and among the highest-performing hospitals in England.

Two care workers have been suspended from a Sunderland nursing home amid allegations of abuse.

Report shows insufficient training is jeopardising the success of organisational change.The success of organisational change in major organisations is being jeopardised by a failure to put in place adequate training and development measures, according to the 2006 Learning and Development Survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Harsh financial pressures and demographic changes have left a gaping £1.77 billion black hole in social care budgets, a Local Government Association report has revealed.