Coventry City Council plans to cut 150 social care jobs
About 150 community care jobs could be cut if Coventry City Council plans to save £5m are agreed next year. It is expected 100 of the job losses would be
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Dorset County Council plans ‘radical review’ of adult social care
Dorset County Council is planning to transform the way it delivers adult social care in a bid to save £7million. The directorate is to carry out a ‘radical review’ of
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Councils call for ‘sustainable’ adult social care funding
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for long-term ‘sustainable funding’ for adult social care. In the wake of the announcement of the local government finance settlement yesterday, the LGA
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Croydon Council to cut adult social care services in £17m budget cuts
Croydon council is set to slash more than £17m from its yearly budget, axing jobs and millions of pounds of spending on health and social care. Elderly care, retirement housing
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Social worker struck off for using Council credit card for personal purchases
Social worker Dorothy Lowe’ Bamidele has been struck off the HCPC Register for using her procurement card for personal purchases whilst working for Oxfordshire County Council. A panel of the
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Kent County Council confirms closure of 12 children’s centres
Kent County Council has confirmed that the axe will fall on twelve of the county’s children’s centres and further twenty see their hours cut. For those that will close, services
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Essex County Council responds to C-section care case
Essex County Council has responded to the media reports concerning the delivery, without the mother’s consent, of a baby by caesarean section and the child’s removal into care of the
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Borders social work chief set to retire
Andrew Lowe, director of social work at Scottish Borders Council, is to retire. Mr Lowe, who suffered a heart attack in March last year, said he has struggled to maintain
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Social services obtain court order to remove unborn child from women
A pregnant woman has had her baby forcibly removed by caesarean section. Essex social services obtained a High Court order for the woman to be sedated and her baby daughter
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Scottish public sector workforce loses 26,600 full-time employees
Councils, the NHS and other public bodies have saved an estimated £1 billion with the loss of 26,600 full-time workers over the last four years, according to a report. But
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