Kirklees Unison’s 8,000 signature petition forces debate on home care privatisation
CAMPAIGNERS have forced a debate on controversial social care changes after collecting more than 8,000 signatures.
CAMPAIGNERS have forced a debate on controversial social care changes after collecting more than 8,000 signatures.
A mum sent details of her meeting with social services staff through the post was shocked to find confidential case notes for another family stapled to the report.
A NEW partnership is aiming to improve the quality of life for vulnerable people in Flintshire. The influential forum, which brings together the key players of social care in Wales together, has been welcomed by independent providers as ‘a major step forward’.
Considerable progress has been made in providing good compulsory community treatment, according to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. The Commission looked into the care and treatment of almost 200 people treated under community-based compulsory orders.
A children’s day care manager who embezzled almost £4000 worth of fees paid by parents has been told she will never work in social services again.
The classroom erupts with laughter at the suggestion of making a smoothie out of onions, garlic and cabbages.
Autistic teenagers like Danny Hornby have nowhere to go when they leave school. A new campaign hopes to develop post-19 services that open up life chances and opportunities for all
THE head of Scotland’s nursing union has criticised plans to overhaul care in the north as damaging for patients and staff morale.
Most elderly people need help meeting the high cost of nursing care. We review the options.
An academy has opened in Birmingham to help improve children’s social care in the city, partly in response to criticisms over Khyra Ishaq’s death.