Six Labour-dominated councils are to develop schemes to fully integrate health and social care services as part of the party’s plans to devise a ‘new settlement’ for the NHS, shadow

Women’s Aid is today launching the UK Gold Book online, a vital resource to support anyone working with women and children experiencing domestic abuse. The UK Gold Book online is

A care home for elderly people in Berkshire is to close, despite a campaign to save it. Reading Borough Council voted to shut the Arthur Clark home in Caversham, saying

A care worker from the Forest of Dean will today appear in court charged with nine counts of ill-treating or neglecting three patients. Brent Morgan denies the offences that are

The government is attempting to end the “postcode lottery” over care for elderly and disabled people in England. Under new draft rules all councils in England would have to fund

Care workers who are taking their bosses to an employment tribunal have staged a rally in Greater Manchester. Ninety-nine employees of Future Directions CIC, which provides social care for disabled

The borough’s day care service for the elderly is facing a shake up, after the council’s cabinet rubberstamped a proposal to merge all four centres into one. A review of

A social worker who was part of a group which gathered outside a couple’s house and shouted ‘baby murderers’ has been suspended from the profession for 12 months. Joanna Burgess

A social worker who made ‘Baby P’ reforms has been given an honorary doctorate from Kingston University, writes Gabriela Kerezova. Kingston University gave Dame Moira Gibb, former chief executive of

A RECRUITMENT campaign has been launched to attract experienced social workers to work with children and young people on the Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight Council said it wants