Depending on where they live, people may have to pay more in council tax because of the growing financial cost of adult social care, the pressures of which may worsen after Essex's county council ...

Unpaid carers across Essex have been celebrated for their hard work this Carers Week. The week-long appreciation event, which took place from June 9 to June 13, served as a platform for Essex County ...

The Care Quality Commission says that Staffordshire County Council's adult social care provision is performing well and meeting the needs of service users. Local authorities are undergoing a new ...

Reality TV personality Lydia Bright has called for more help for foster children when they leave care at 18 years old, saying they are being "failed" by the state. The Only Way Is Essex (Towie) star ...

STAFF at a waste and recycling depot in Colchester have received free health checks as part of a workplace wellbeing initiative. The checks were conducted at the Shrub End depot by the NHS on the Open ...

Lessons can be learnt from the deaths of a mother and daughter who were abused for years, Essex's police, fire and crime ...

Essex County Council says it is pressing the Government ... per cent general increase and two per cent increase in the adult social care precept. For an average Band D property, it would mean ...

Currently, Worcestershire County Council provides county-wide services such as highways and adult social care, while district councils provide local services including bin collections, street ...

The building was officially opened by Surrey County Council leader Tim Oliver ... Sinead Mooney, cabinet member for adult social care, said: "I can see how people coming to use the facility ...

A teenager says she feels like "a toy that nobody wants" as she prepares to move from children's to adult services. Rae White is a 17-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy type two, a condition which ...