The creation of a new adult social care team has helped to reduce waiting times for people seeking support in Wolverhampton, the council has said. City of Wolverhampton Council recently ...

Social care users in Wolverhampton are the least happy in the West Midlands with the quality of care they receive, new figures show. A national survey of social care users found 59.9% of 435 ...

The council said it is still experiencing difficulties with recruiting and retaining staff - particularly in specialist roles in adults and children’s social care, finance, procurement and IT. As a ...

A crackdown on housing and tenancy fraud in Wolverhampton, including false applications for social housing, has saved taxpayers £2.9m, the city council has said. Over the past year, investigators ...

The council approved the £20 per hour fees for non-residential care, which include social supports, day opportunities and community-based services, despite strong opposition from parents and carers.

Adult social care delivery at Redcar and Cleveland has been told it must improve as inspectors warn over shortfalls in one of England's most deprived communities. Did you know with a Digital ...

And care leaders have reduced spending on prevention by 11 per cent this year. Just 5.6 per cent of this year’s total adult social care net budget is projected to be spent on prevention.

"The chancellor has announced an increase of over £4bn for adult social care by 2028-29," they added. About half of Shropshire's residents are over 50 years old, according to the most recent census.