Alex Turner pulls out five key points on the payment by results scheme being road tested by adults’ mental health social workers in England

Poor joint working and clash between medical and social models of mental health also among factors that are delaying personal budgets delivery in parts of the country, study finds

The Scottish government is insisting it will preserve its free personal care policy for older people – rejecting the recommendations of an independent review of public expenditure in the country.

The government has shunted £50m earmarked by Labour to finance personal care at home to increase access to cancer drugs.

The Scottish government has been urged to ensure social care does not suffer from its pledge to protect NHS spending from cuts over the next four years.

Social workers have foisted direct payments on to adult social care users, a study in Essex has found.

A social worker who stole £19,000 from a severely disabled elderly service user has been struck off the social care register.

Older people living in under-occupied social housing must be given attractive alternatives if they are to make way for families in overcrowded accommodation or on waiting lists, a key report has said.

Following a call from Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Richard Jones (left) for NHS funding to be shunted into adult social care a report today suggests ministers have considered shifting £400m to protect adult social care from harmful cuts.

People with moderate care needs would be excluded from support under plans to increase the eligibility threshold for care to substantial in Derbyshire.