Children in care among most likely to develop mental health difficulties, but often denied care, finds Fonagy Review ...

News Care-experienced children among groups least well served by current mental health system, finds review . Today , says probe into ...

Lack of training and workload issues creating barriers to practitioners offering people direct payments, finds report ...

ADCS says Ofsted plan to penalise councils for using unregistered homes would hold authorities to unattainable standard ...

Yvette Cooper announces collective pension scheme for care staff in England following lobbying from UNISON, which warned that ...

Review follows research which found rapid growth in number of centres has come in absence of strategy or strong evidence ...

Glasgow City Council also drops immediate threat of 'fire and rehire' process for staff over equal pay dispute ...

The prime minister's pledge of free personal care for older people would not address many of the issues facing sector ...

Social workers say employers are failing to take steps to keep them safe, despite frequent verbal abuse during visits ...

Andy Burnham has pledged to provide free personal care for older people, but given no such promise to working-age disabled adults, under planned reforms announced this week. A statement on the ...

Think Ahead announces it will close in August 2027, when final cohort completes two-year programme and DHSC funding ends ...

The prime minister's pledge to introduce free personal care for older people, should Labour win the next election, is a significant offer on social care reform. But it would leave many issues ...