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Better social care for older people ‘could avoid pressure on hospital admissions’

By Aine Fox, Reporter17th February 2023News England

Another “chaotic” winter in the NHS could be avoided in part by renewed efforts to support older people with health problems to stay well at home, Age UK has said.

Social care pressures see three in four councils increasing council tax by 5% from April

By Benjamin Cooper, Reporter14th February 2023News England

Millions of households face further cost-of-living pressures after research suggested three-quarters of councils will hike tax by 5% from April. The County Councils Network (CCN) has found 84 councils out

Housing association fined £100,000 after woman in care choked on marshmallow

By Katharine Hay, Reporter9th February 2023News Scotland

A housing association has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a vulnerable 64-year-old woman in its care. Shirley Breeze choked after her

Labour frontbencher hits out at children’s social care providers making ‘obscene profits’

By Abbie Llewelyn, Reporter8th February 2023News England

Children’s social care providers are making “obscene profits”, while many looked after children are not receiving adequate care, a Labour frontbencher told Parliament. Baroness Chapman of Darlington (pictured) told peers

Social care workers report highest prevalence of long Covid among employment groups

By Ian Jones, Reporter2nd February 2023News England

Around six in 10 people with long Covid in the UK are likely to have been suffering the symptoms for a year or more, figures suggest. Some 1.2 million of

Plan to fix children’s social care has ‘no vision’ and ‘no ambition’ – Labour

By Martina Bet and David Lynch, Reporters2nd February 2023News England

Labour has condemned the £200 million package of measures to fix children’s social care, insisting the plan has “no vision” and “no ambition” for the most vulnerable children. Education Secretary

Shake-up of children’s social care announced but critics say plans fall far short of what is required

By David Hughes, Reporter2nd February 2023News England

Families with vulnerable youngsters will be given extra support before they reach crisis point under a sweeping shake-up of children’s social care. The plan, which follows criticism of the safeguarding

Council failed to follow up concern for woman who lay dead in flat for years, inquest hears

By Luke O'Reilly, Reporter30th January 2023News England

Surrey County Council failed to follow up on police concerns for the welfare of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for years, an inquest has been told.

Police say no third-party involved in death of vulnerable woman ‘abandoned and left to die’

By Josh Payne, Reporter27th January 2023News England

Police have said they are satisfied there was no third-party involvement in the death of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for over three and a half

Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother branded ‘executioners’ as pair are jailed for life

Letby legal team seeks fresh bid to challenge convictions of child serial killer