Local authorities and their partners are making considerable inroads into the task of meeting the Government’s target of eliminating the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for 16 and 17

Living and Dying Well uses the concepts of planning and delivery of care, and of communication and information sharing as a framework to support a person centred approach to delivering

Fuel poverty – where a household cannot afford to keep warm – damages the health of those living in cold homes and affects their quality of life. The old, children,

The Children’s Rights Director reported the views of children who were living with private foster parents in 2005. This new report is a follow-up, small-scale survey to check with privately

Women mainly provide family care, but as women’s economic opportunities increase they will not continue to bear the costs of providing care unaided. To create a sustainable care system, care

The Lifting the Burdens Task Force Review was led by Chief Executive of London Borough of Camden, Moira Gibb. It focuses on those burdens that are a direct result of

This report summarises the key findings from a group of 16 studies commissioned by the Policy Research Programme under the ‘Older People’s use of services’ Research Initiative. The aim of

Under the auspices of the LinkAge Plus programme, the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned two London boroughs to pilot a joining up of the process of applying for Attendance

Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published the Child Protection Statistics 2007/08. This publication contains the latest figures on the number of child protection referrals, number of child protection referrals that resulted