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Burstow urges social workers to overhaul 'crisis' care system
The care services minister has put social workers at the heart of his plans to transform social care from a "high-dependency service" to one that supports people to stay independent.
18 May 2012

Councils rapped over service failures for disabled girl
Two local authorities have been criticised by a local government ombudsman after failing to provide adequate services to a 12-year-old girl with multiple disabilities and complex needs.
02 May 2012

Invest in social care to revive economy, government told
Boosting investment in social care through tax breaks and incentives to start up new providers could help revive the economy's flagging fortunes, the government was told today.
02 May 2012

Stroke survivors let down by professionals' lack of knowledge
Stroke survivors' recovery is being hindered a lack of knowledge among health and social care professionals and poor access to assessments, care plans and reviews, the Stroke Association warned today.
01 May 2012

Complex care training key to good-quality home care
Home care providers must train up their workforces to support the rising number of clients with complex care needs, says Rebekah Newton, clinical director at Ark Complex Care.
09 March 2012

Social workers 'marginal' to integrated care pilots
Social care professionals were 'marginal' to flagship government pilots designed to integrate support for people with long-term conditions, an evaluation has concluded.
22 March 2012

Independent living for disabled at risk from cuts, say MPs
Independent living for disabled people is being put at risk by the combined impact of cuts to social care and benefits, MPs and peers warned today. (Image: Fotex/Rex)
01 March 2012

Reablement success leads to social work job cuts
A council is cutting social work jobs on the back of its success in helping service users regain independence through reablement. (Image: Rex Features).
22 February 2012

MPs: Disabled people to lose out from 'medical model' reform
Disabled people risk losing out because government benefit reforms are overly based on the medical model of disability, MPs have warned in a report.
20 February 2012

How telecare can defuse chronic conditions timebomb
Walsall is making telecare a default component of care packages to boost independence for people with chronic conditions and manage the rising costs of supporting this group, says council adult care director Paul Davies.
10 February 2012

Lords vote to reject 50% cuts to disabled children
Disability campaigners are celebrating today after peers from across the House of Lords voted yesterday to reject a 50% cut to disabled children’s benefits.
01 February 2012

Social care funding gap has widened by £500m, says Age UK
The gap between social care funding and need has grown by £500m for older people in England in 2011-12, compounding a situation in which 800,000 pensioners were already going without services. (Image: Rex Features).
30 January 2012

500,000 to lose out on disability living allowance
Half a million disabled people would lose out on benefits through the government's reform to disability living allowance, it revealed today. (Pic: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features)
17 January 2012

Government waters down disability living allowance cuts
The government has watered down its controversial cuts to disabilty living allowance (DLA) by dropping plans to double the period after the onset of disability before which people can qualify for the benefit (Image: Rex).
16 January 2012

900 adult care staff join NHS in biggest integration deal yet
Nine hundred adult social care staff, including social workers, will be transferred to the NHS to create the biggest integrated health and social care provider in the UK, it was confirmed today. (Image: Rex Features).
13 January 2012

'Government concealed scale of opposition to benefit reform'
Campaigners have accused the government of giving a misleading account of the true extent of opposition to disability benefit reform (Pic: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features)
10 January 2012

Social workers 'must join renewed effort to integrate care'
Social care professionals should be at the heart of multi-disciplinary teams in every area to manage the care of people with long-term conditions and make a reality of integrated care, the government has been told.
05 January 2012

Staff at housing provider to ballot on strike action
Unison is to ballot care staff at housing provider Family Mosaic on whether to strike over proposals to slash pay and increase working hours.
24 November 2011

Key long-term conditions policy branded a failure by NAO
Outcomes for people with long-term neurological conditions have stalled or deteriorated, six years on from a key policy to improve support for the group and despite significantly increased funding for care.
16 December 2011

Survey reveals plight of families with disabled children
Nearly three-quarters of families with disabled children have experienced anxiety, depression or family breakdown, according to the latest research by Contact a Family.
07 December 2011