The social care regulator has said it will ensure that Southern Cross care homes continue to be operated to essential standards following the company’s collapse.
An Equality and Human Rights Commission probe has found serious failings in the standards of home care for older people, according to a report published today.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned of a 'mounting crisis' in the social care system and called for cross-party talks on the sector in the wake of the Southern Cross homes crisis.
Health partnerships in Scotland that aimed to provide more community-based services have not added value for patients in the past decade and must be improved, auditors said today.
Councils need to speed up improvements to adult social care services to meet future demands, according to a report from the Audit Commission, published today.
Attendance allowance should be 'renamed and rebranded' under a new social care system based on both individual and state contributions, the head of the independent commission examining care funding...
Local authorities planning changes to social care services will find it difficult to prove the impact on disabled people, which will leave them open to legal challenge, Public Finance has been told.
Birmingham City Council is to re-examine its plans to cut social care for some disabled adults after a High Court ruling found that it had acted unlawfully
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his controversial plans for increased competition in the National Health Service following attacks by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Adult social care laws in England and Wales should be ‘radically overhauled’ in preparation for a more coherent system, according to the Law Commission.
The Scottish election campaign enters its final days with party leaders refusing to be drawn on claims that 25,000 public sector workers could lose their jobs and others suffer real-terms pay cuts of...
By loading responsibility for the bulk of spending cuts on to councils, the government has managed to spread the consequences far and wide. The result, says Tony Travers, is that everyone is fighting...
The bitter war of words between local government and Scottish Parliament leaders about public finance reform has escalated sharply over plans to merge social care with health provision
The adult social care system needs to be better funded if it is to cope with increasing demands and reduce unmet needs, an expert commission has been told
Social workers have paid too little attention to children's views and to adults with potentially useful information on abuses, an Ofsted report on serious case reviews has found