Even the most capable and independent of adults reading this do not know the day nor the hour when we may become dependent on others for our care and wellbeing. In such eventuality, we are entitled to ...

The chief social worker for adults has issued a national framework setting out when adult social services should consider holding a section 42 enquiry in response to concerns about pressure ulcers.

Adults’ services directors must invest in social work to ensure better outcomes for people experiencing abuse or neglect, says guidance published by council chiefs. The social work skills of ...

Warrington Council's adult social care services have been rated as requiring improvement by inspectors, with concerns raised around its "complex" safeguarding processes. The Care Quality Commission ...

Almost 500 vulnerable adults are awaiting assessment from the HSE's safeguarding and protection team, it has emerged. The HSE has confirmed a backlog across parts of Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow means ...

People using adult social care services in Hull are waiting too long for assessments and suffering from "prolonged ...

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Opportunities were missed to protect a homeless man who died despite being known by councils, police and hospital workers, a review has concluded. The Safeguarding Adult Review was commissioned ...

A council has changed its procedures after concerns that adult safeguarding referrals were not converting into formal investigations. Over 12 months last year the so-called ‘conversion rate’ at Redcar ...