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| Labour plans to radically overhaul funding for the care of older and disabled people have been set back by ongoing parliamentary rows and concerns that the new approach will be perceived as a... |
| A University is leading the call for more people to get involved in one of the most highly rewarding, but “unsung” jobs in the health profession. The University of East... |
| A council has been forced to apologise after it was revealed it had employed a senior social worker previously convicted of offering a contract killer £10,000 to murder her husband... |
| Fourteen organisations from the Welsh social care sector have been nominated for a series of prestigious awards dubbed the ‘Oscars of Social Care’ which are awarded tonight. ... |
| New research indicates that a worrying lack of preparation for the care of the elderly is a ‘ticking timebomb’ for the social care sector.A report published today by the Institute... |
| Construction has begun on a new acute hospital for Enniskillen after investment of £270 million was secured with the building consortium.The project is due for completion by 2012 and will... |
| A national charity has revealed figures that indicate the elderly are shouldering child and social care responsibilities worth almost four billion pounds a year.Grandparents Plus, an organization... |
| An additional £58m is to be invested in the social work sector to transform care services in the wake of the Baby P case, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has announced.In response to... |
| A paper presented to the LGA last week said the Local Government Association assumed pay deals would match the government's inflation target of 2 per cent throughout the period of the next... |
| Of 20 children's indicators in the 2005-6 performance assessment framework for councils, none specifically concerned disabled children, while 14 related directly to looked-after children.A performance... |
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