Dilnot commission plans to overhaul social care assessments and eligibility risk loading extra bureaucracy on to social workers without delivering on their promise of fairer access to care. (Image: ...

Quarter of social care professionals say initial assessments are carried out through call centres, while there has been an apparent fall in face-to-face assessments, finds Community Care's annual ...

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People are waiting too long for adult social care assessments at Leicestershire County Council, an inspection by the health care watchdog has found. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the adult ...

Parents of disabled children are at “breaking point” as one in three have been unable to access the support they need from social care services, a new report has revealed. National disability charity ...

Five years ago, we embarked on a journey into children’s health and social care assessments, to gain insight into the processes children and families must go through as local authorities and other ...

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