Local authorities face two conflicting imperatives in adult social care. Rising demand and financial limits are forcing up eligibility criteria. However, last year's health and social care white paper ...

A government-commissioned report has found that intensive home care services which "re-able" people to live independently can help prevent them needing further care for at least two years. The study ...

If Edinburgh hadn't done this the whole system would have collapsed. We would be dealing with so much demand, door to door, with issues such as hospital bed-blocking and strain on relatives that there ...