Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than other children, facing additional barriers to their protection and to receiving support, new research from a coalition of leading
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NHS hospital chiefs have warned that “stringent” immigration rules are preventing them hiring nurses for the winter. Ten heads of leading NHS trusts have signed a letter urging the Home
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Age UK has called on government to invest £1 in social care for every £27 it spends annually on the NHS. A new analysis by Age UK reveals that an
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Prisons are increasingly playing the role of care homes and hospices as rising numbers of older criminals are jailed, a watchdog has said. A rapidly ageing prison population drove a
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A new care monitoring service which uses sound and motion sensitive camera equipment to trigger alerts of any unusual activity has been launched to protect vulnerable people, such as the
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At least 15,000 children are separated from one of their parents because of rules on Britons bringing foreign spouses into the country, according to a report. Since 2012, only those
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Seeds of Alzheimer’s disease can potentially attach to surgical instruments and be transferred from one person to another during certain medical procedures, a study suggests. The findings provide the first
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Almost 100 children suffering from mental health problems caused by abuse contacted Childline every week last year, new figures show. The NSPCC’s free, 24-hour service undertook 85,000 counselling sessions in
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New laws doubling the amount of free childcare parents can get for three and four-year-olds could lead to many nurseries having to reduce the number of children they can take
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The jobs market is at its least optimistic for three years, as plans for a new national living wage send “shockwaves” across the country, according to a new report. Employment
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