Essex delays plans to shut children’s homes
Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children’s homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.
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Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children’s homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.
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Many older people dying alone without family or friends willing or able to pay for burials and cremations, charity claims
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Women, men and children trafficked into Britain not seen as victims of crime whose rights have been breached – report
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A social care project in Swindon has set itself a target to help 350 families over the next three years.
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A Whitehaven social worker accused of improper conduct says the allegations were completely fabricated by her client.
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A TRADE union has called for action to protect residents in care homes run by Four Seasons Health Care, after a report warned of the “high financial risks” the company was facing.
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Dementia sufferers in the Capital are being given GPS trackers to stop them wandering off and getting lost.
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IT IS still unclear when a permanent team will be in place to run Calderdale council’s crisis-stricken children’s social-care department.
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Tough financial times and increasing demographic pressures call for innovation and transformation in social care – and personal budgets may not be part of that mix, writes NLGN’s Daria Kuznetsova
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Economist says providing long-term care for senior citizens is an issue of choice and not affordability
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