Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable for Greater Manchester, believes that the details of all people living with dementia in the UK should be held on a central database so that

The owner of a Halifax nursing home and his “bullying” manager have gone on trial accused of neglecting four elderly residents who suffered pressure sores while at their premises. A

A SOCIAL services boss has claimed that “none” of Bournemouth’s 95 care homes meet today’s care standards. Speaking at a public meeting, Ivor Cawthorn, the borough council’s strategic commissioning manager

Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of Haringey children’s services during the Baby P scandal, said on Monday that risk management is having “devastating consequences” for social care. It is the

The former director of public prosecutions says he thinks it is time to ‘change the law’ on child sex abuse in Britain, so reporting allegations becomes ‘mandatory’ Failing to report

A Milton Keynes mental health service – run by national charity Rethink Mental Illness – has been given top marks by the people who use it. The Community Support service,

The proportion of young women doing low-paid, low-skill jobs has trebled over the last 20 years, according to new research commissioned by the Trades Union Congrss (TUC) and published this

Care and Support minister Norman Lamb has announced 14 pioneering initiatives which will lead the way in joining up health and social care throughout the country. Picked from 111 applications,

Mystery surrounds a review launched at the Bupa-run St Mark’s Nursing Centre that has also seen three nurses suspended. The Royal Borough, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Bupa are working

The mother of Baby P has been freed from jail, according to reports. The release of Tracey Connelly, 32, who was imprisoned in 2009 for failing to act while her