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Social services had concerns about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth

By Callum Parke, Reporter12th December 2024News England

Concerns were raised about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth in 2013, with her parents known to social services as early as 2010, it can now be

Serious risk of widespread failure in adult social care without action, Government told

By Aine Fox, Reporter11th December 2024News England

Ministers have been accused of either “ignoring or not caring” about serious needs within the adult social care sector despite a risk of “widespread failure” among providers. A stark analysis

We should think about National Care Service outside of ‘institutional architecture’ – Swinney

By Craig Paton, Reporter11th December 2024News Scotland

The proposed National Care Service (NCS) in Scotland should be thought of outside an “institutional architecture,” the country’s First Minister has said, as he urged focus on how it could

Inquest date set seven years after family of five murdered in arson attack

By Pat Hurst, Reporter3rd December 2024News England

A date has been set for the inquest into the deaths of a mother and four of her children, almost seven years on from a deadly arson attack. The blaze

Social care facing ‘insurmountable costs amid catastrophic impacts of Budget’ – Adass

By Aine Fox, Reporter27th November 2024News England

Costs of adult social care have become “insurmountable” following the “catastrophic impacts” of the Budget, a leading voice in the sector will tell a conference featuring the care minister. Local

‘Swathes of social care market could collapse under £2.8bn cost pressures’ – Nuffield Trust

By Aine Fox, Reporter22nd November 2024News England

Private and non-profit social care providers could be faced with increased costs of around £2.8 billion in the next financial year, according to analysis which warns of businesses potentially going

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

By Aine Fox, Reporter18th November 2024News England

Vulnerable young people have been placed in a caravan and an Airbnb in a “stark failure of the children’s social care system” in England, according to a new report. While

Government ‘will not hesitate’ to cap profits in children’s social care – Phillipson

By Will Durrant, Claudia Savage, Rhiannon James and Aine Fox, Reporters18th November 2024News England

Bridget Phillipson has said the Government will not “hesitate” to cap profits in children’s social care if firms fail to curb their gains, as another MP warned vulnerable children have

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Social services had concerns about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth

Serious risk of widespread failure in adult social care without action, Government told

We should think about National Care Service outside of ‘institutional architecture’ – Swinney

Inquest date set seven years after family of five murdered in arson attack

Early action to prevent care needs escalating ‘could save £11bn in six years’

Social care facing ‘insurmountable costs amid catastrophic impacts of Budget’ – Adass

‘Swathes of social care market could collapse under £2.8bn cost pressures’ – Nuffield Trust

Warning of ‘stark failure’ in social care after children placed in caravan and Airbnb

Government ‘will not hesitate’ to cap profits in children’s social care – Phillipson

Scotland’s National Care Service plan to be ‘delayed not scrapped’