Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
18/05/2017 - 09:57
Age UK has called on political parties to put social care at the heart of their election manifestos as research has revealed that a third of over 80s are receiving inadequate care and support.
17/05/2017 - 15:03
A new ‘dementia-friendly’ home aimed at learning how better to support those living with the condition will be constructed this Autumn.
17/05/2017 - 10:34
All of the primary schools in Somerset are to take part in the NCMP this year, in a bid to reduce childhood obesity.
17/05/2017 - 10:04
The access of information and advice about local care services on local authority websites is witnessing ‘encouraging progress’.
17/05/2017 - 09:31
New research has argued that hedges are often better than trees at soaking up air pollution among tall buildings.
17/05/2017 - 09:08
Uttlesford District Council has announced the purchase of a 50 per cent share in Chesterford Research Park.
16/05/2017 - 10:31
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released international data indicating that road injuries were the leading cause of adolescent death among 10–19-year-olds, resulting in approximately 115,000 teenage deaths in 2015.
15/05/2017 - 11:31
Recent analysis by Buttle UK has shown a ‘staggering growth’ in the number of young victims exposed to domestic abuse with figures showing that the number of grants awarded to families affected by domestic abuse rose by 22 per cent between 2015 and 2016.
11/05/2017 - 11:23
New analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has highlighted a £2 billion funding gap is expected to open by 2020 as pressures facing children’s services are rapidly becoming unsustainable.
11/05/2017 - 10:28
Research by Localis has indicated that only a third of council members have a clear understanding of how an accountable care system (ACS) works, prompting concerns over the future integration between health and social care as part of an ACS.
10/05/2017 - 11:24
Speaking at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) conference, Sir James Mundy, president of the family division of the High Court, has criticised the separation of elderly couples when one or both are moved into care homes as ‘inhumane’.
09/05/2017 - 09:38
Prof John Middleton, president of the Faculty of Public Health, has advised that smoking should be banned in some new council homes to protect the health of children.
08/05/2017 - 10:17
Suffolk Coastal District Council has received £35,000 in funding to help deliver an innovative health project in Leiston, to help give people with long term health conditions non-medical support from the local community.
05/05/2017 - 14:34
The government has published its plan to improve air quality by reducing nitrogen dioxide levels in the UK, following delays and legal battles with environment groups.
05/05/2017 - 10:37
A new report by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) which analyses official spending data on councils’ social care spending has found one-in-ten authorities made cuts of more than a quarter.
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