More than 100 Swansea families have answered the call to foster a child. Swansea Council’s Foster Swansea team has taken 106 enquiries about fostering following the launch of a recruitment campaign in May.

A CARE assistant was left “disgusted” by the “cruel” behaviour of her manager, who allegedly stood on a patients toes and picked him up by the scruff of the neck, a court heard yesterday.

A PROJECT supporting Gwent’s frail elderly population is being highlighted as a key example of programmes that can help health and social care services survive in a tougher financial climate.

A manager at an Abergavenny care home allegedly yanked a patient by the hair and threw another man onto his bed, a court heard.

A report released by Torfaen Council stresses the need to work more closely with neighbouring local authorities and organisations such as the NHS, Police and voluntary sector.

A NEW team to stop families falling apart has been set up in Swansea.

Team managers across Wales are being offered the opportunity to undertake sponsored training to develop their frontline management skills. The Team Manager Development Programme, which is made up of three modules and takes about a year to complete, is the first of its kind in the UK.

A SOCIAL worker who admitted failings across the whole range of his practice, while part of a team working with Blaenau Gwent’s most vulnerable children, is beginning a two-year suspension.

VALLEYS councillors voted against plans to close a residential care home. At a Blaenau Gwent council meeting, councillors recommended a Tredegar residential home stay open for the forseeable future.

The health service in Wales may need to find up to £1.9 billion in savings over the next five years, according to the assembly government’s health minister.