The 2002 Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act, known as Bill 29, and the 2003 Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act, known as Bill 94, introduced under then- premier Gordon ...

Head of content Kirsty Weakley on looking for the slivers of optimism in social care Today's news and views Wessex councils ...

The council says the inspectors didn’t find any evidence of adults being unsafe but it 'won’t shy away from the work we need ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated Blackpool Council as inadequate, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support under ...

A director of adult social services (DASS) has been appointed chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Chris Badger, who has been director of ...

More complaints about Hampshire County Council have been made to the ombudsman in the past year – but the number actually upheld has ...

There were also five complaints made to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman made about the authority in 2024/25, compared to just two in 2023/24.