Wales is delivering a world first with an investment of £1.7 million, over three years, to develop and improve services for adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their carers and their families.

Concerns have been raised after it emerged complaints against childcare providers in parts of south Wales were not fully investigated by a regulator.

Campaigners fighting to keep a respite care unit open have vowed not to throw in the towel. A recent Swansea Council report has recommended that 17-bed facility Earlsmoor should close, following a lengthy consultation process.

ASSEMBLY health and social services minister Edwina Hart has been asked to intervene in Llanelli’s residential care homes row.

MAJOR job cuts are inevitable at Swansea Council as the authority seeks to save £15 million, its leader has said.

THE family of a 103-year-old woman paid tribute to their local council today for coming to the rescue through heavy snow and plunging temperatures.

NEWPORT council is looking at ways to recruit and retain social services staff as part of a larger strategy to make its social services “fit for the future”.

THE South Wales council at the centre of a foster care sex abuse scandal earlier this year has completed an action plan to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

THE number of children being placed on the “at-risk” register by social services has leapt in the wake of the Baby P tragedy, it has emerged.

EMERGENCY care in the Welsh NHS is “disjointed and confusing”, according to a damning report published today.