Increased pressure to fill intermediate care services with people leaving hospital has left less capacity to help people avoid unnecessary hospitalisation, the second national audit of intermediate care has revealed.

No-one could have predicted a mother would murder her two young children after the relationship with her partner broke down, a review has concluded. Fiona Donnison, 47, of Surrey, was

A PAIR of staff members from a Swedish University are in the city this week as part of an ongoing partnership discussing social work. Earlier this year Selwyn Stanley, a

A service which provides subscribers with up to date information on pregnancy, child development, child health and parent health, now has more than 200,000 subscribers, the Health and Social Care

Michael Gove has said that more struggling children’s services departments in England could be taken over by independent providers. The Education Secretary also said he was considering opening up well

One in three authorities has lost its director of children’s services in the past year. Paul Gallagher considers the impact of this rapid turnover Vulnerable children are being put at

A £2m fund for organisations that work with vulnerable young people has opened for applications. The Vulnerable and Disengaged Young People Fund will be administered by the Social Investment Business

A website allowing people to compare local adult social care services has been launched by care and support minister Norman Lamb today. The Adult Social Care Outcomes site brings together