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Adoption inspections to get tougher, Ofsted warns
Local authority adoption services will need to place children for adoption within 12 months in order to be rated outstanding by Ofsted, the watchdog announced today. (Pic: RunPhoto/Getty Images)
27 February 2012
Scie: Using the internet to improve social care
Ross Oldfield, co-ordinator of the Social Care Institute for Excellence's Get Connected project (left) , explains how providers can improve social care through the use of the internet.
01 November 2011
Going into care early reduces risk of offending, study finds
Early entry into care, stable placements and purposeful activity can significantly reduce a child’s risk of turning to crime, research published today has found.
16 January 2012
Making personalisation work in residential care
Personalisation can work for people in residential care, but it needs a new culture that can bring challenges for both service users and staff. Natalie Valios reports
31 October 2011
CQC to outsource new care ratings system
The Care Quality Commission is to outsource delivery of its new care ratings system to several accreditation bodies to give providers a choice of schemes to measure themselves against, it said today.
03 May 2011
Good Practice: Reducing the cost of expensive residential placements
Hertfordshire Council has cut the costs of its residential placements in adult care while maintaining its level of service, reports Jeremy Dunning
17 September 2010
One-fifth of social care providers expect to close next year
One in five social care providers expects to go out of business as a result of council cuts to their fees, research by Community Care has revealed.
16 February 2011
Elderly people
The population of the UK is ageing bringing new challenges for the social care system.
18 August 2011
Thousands of care homes have no registered manager
More than 3,000 care homes in England do not have a registered manager, reflecting a crisis of quality in the sector, Action on Elder Abuse warns today.
29 July 2011
Southern Cross set to shut down
Southern Cross is to stop running care homes after all its landlords said they wanted to leave the group.
11 July 2011
Most Winterbourne residents remain in hospitals
The "vast majority" of the residents of Winterbourne View have been placed in other learning disability hospitals, despite overwhelming sector opposition to the use of such facilities.
06 July 2011
Dilnot: extra £1.7bn needed to overhaul care funding
Ministers have been urged to find £1.7bn to implement plans unveiled today to overhaul the care funding system. by the commission on funding care and support.
04 July 2011
CQC disciplines staff over Winterbourne View case
A member of staff at the Care Quality Commission has already been disciplined, following the Winterbourne View abuse scandal.
29 June 2011
Southern Cross tells landlords to accept rent cut or leave
Troubled care home operator Southern Cross has issued an ultimatum to its landlords to accept a four-month 30% cut in rental payments, in what commentators described as a "declaration of war".
01 June 2011
Biggest shake-up in adult care law in 60 years proposed
The government has signalled the biggest reform of adult care law in 60 years after a three-year review proposed sweeping changes to adult safeguarding and carers' rights, and the extension of direct payments to residential care. Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) described the reforms as the foundation for change.
11 May 2011
'Service users should get direct payments for residential care'
Restrictions on giving service users direct payments to buy long-term residential care should be abolished to increase choice and control, today's Law Commission report on the reform of adult social care law has proposed.
11 May 2011
It's time to set children's homes free
Just as the Munro Review aims to free up social worker's from red-tape and revalue their professional expertise I would make a plea for children's home staff to be given the same respect.
15 April 2011
Dementia and sex: the last taboo
How should care home staff deal with intimate relationships, which may flourish despite the disapproval of some staff and relatives? Sally-Marie Bamford, who has recently completed research on this issue, reports
23 March 2011
Care worker struck off over relationship with 15 year old
A residential child care worker who formed an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy in her care has been struck off the register in Scotland.
01 April 2011
Anger as CQC confirms fee hike with three days' notice
Adult social care providers have lambasted the Care Quality Commission's decision to confirm a £6m hike in registration fees with just three days' notice.
30 March 2011
