Town hall leaders hope the changes to staff terms and conditions, which would also include halving sick pay and scrapping overtime, would save £2m. All staff at Trafford council could

A report detailing carers’ levels of satisfaction with their local council’s social services and their quality of life is published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

More than 80 per cent of voluntary organisations in London have experienced increased demand for their services this year as a result of changes to the economy or government policy,

The social care service for adults with mental health issues in Norfolk is not good enough, bosses have admitted, as they pledge to make improvements. Problems with an agreement between

A national deferred payment scheme to help people pay for their social care costs in old age should be created by ministers, English councils have urged. The Local Government Association

A LABOUR MP has urged victims of historical abuse in childrens’ homes in the North-East to come forward after one of his constituents failed in a bid for justice alone.

Camden Council in partnership with home care provider Shaw Healthcare has welcomed the first residents to a brand new care home, Maitland Park. The new north London home, the first

Carers living in West Sussex who look after family or friends who are ill or frail will have access to a new service to help them improve their own health

Middle-class pensioners in care homes are routinely forced to pay up to £150 a week to subsidise council-funded residents, a report suggests A study into how the industry would operate

John Stanley’s Care Agency, a division of Manorcourt Homecare, has today announced it has been awarded a four-year contract to provide home-based care in the London Borough of Havering and