The mental health service in England is in crisis and unsafe, says one of the country’s leading psychiatrists. Dr Martin Baggaley, medical director of the South London and Maudsley NHS

The author of the second report into the case of Baby P is facing questions tonight over his role as chair of Haringey’s Local Safeguarding Children’s Board after apologising for

Just one person applied to become the Head Adoption Decision Maker at Birmingham City Council – and he, or she, wasn’t hired. The council failed to appoint anyone on a

Some carers looking after cancer patients in the UK are carrying out vital healthcare tasks without always having adequate training, according to Macmillan Cancer Support. They asked more than 2,000

Hidden cameras and mystery-shopper exercises may form part of a revamped inspection regime for care homes and domiciliary care in England next year. New adult social care chief inspector Andrea

Labour is considering a radical plan to make social care free at the point of need and funded through taxation, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said. Speaking at the

More cuts to adult social care are “inevitable” according to Telford and Wrekin Council as it looks to save another £23m by 2016. The authority said it spends 36p in

Every care home and adult social care service in England will be rated by Care Quality Commission inspectors by 2016, the new chief inspector of social care Andrea Sutcliffe said

Thousands of pensioners will be forced to sell their homes to pay for care despite Government promises to the contrary, it has been claimed. The Coalition was accused of betraying

A social worker has been suspended for failing to raise the alarm about a 12-year-old girl who claimed she had sex with her mother’s boyfriend. Haringey Borough Council has found