Three care homes in Lincolnshire will close by May in bid to cut spending
Three care homes are to close, losing 120 jobs and forcing 117 elderly people to find alternative support.
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Three care homes are to close, losing 120 jobs and forcing 117 elderly people to find alternative support.
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CLS care services has embarked on developing the skills of young people in the care sector through the launch of three pilot apprenticeships in Health and Social Care with West Cheshire College. As we approach an ageing population and subsequent strains on care facilities, the need for the best possible delivery of care services has become more important than ever.
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ESSEX children’s services department has been released from two years of constant supervision by the Government after making improvements.
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The words ‘European directive’ are usually enough to make all but the most dedicated policy observer yawn and fall asleep. While most of us were busy preparing for Christmas, though, the European Commission published something different which should make us sit up and take notice. The public procurement reform proposals have the potential to create a defining moment in the sector’s role in public service delivery.
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VULNERABLE adults claimed they were subjected to violence, sexual abuse and the theft of their benefits by some of the organisations Wirral Council paid to care for them a shocking report has revealed.
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is hearing from increasing numbers of social workers facing financial difficulty, with some turning to payday loans with extortionately high interest rates to cope.
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About one in eight beds will be cut at the only NHS mental health hospital in Brighton and Hove. Twelve beds at Millview Hospital in Nevill Road, Hove, will go by the end of March.
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ALCOHOL and drug support group DAPL has won a recommendation to keep providing counselling for drink and drug misuse.
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Managing services under the same roof may not be new but budget cuts and an ageing population could mean its time has come
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AN information event to explain more about proposals for changes to Home Care Services in Moray, is taking place at Forres House Community Centre next Monday (January 16).
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