Relatives of frail and elderly residents of a Cheltenham nursing home have been left shocked after it was announced the place they expected to live out their days would close.

A care service in Sheffield which looks after the elderly and disabled has been given an official warning after inspectors discovered poor standards. The Care Quality Commission health watchdog has

Two thirds of councils are commissioning 15-minute care visits for disabled residents despite concerns about their appropriateness, a charity has warned. The proportion of ‘flying’ care visits lasting 15 minutes

In the last year there has been a 28.4 per cent increase in alerts made to councils about abuse to older people, fuelling worries about abuse in the UK. The

Councils are abusing elderly people’s human rights by forcing down the price they pay agencies to provide care in their homes, the UK’s official equalities watchdog has warned. In a

Reform to the pension system could help people meet the future cost of adult social care, a new report has suggested. In Sickness and in Health: Reforming Pensions and Social

A Cafcass pilot in Warwickshire and Coventry that introduced Family Court Advisors (FCA) at pre-proceedings stage has made significant reductions in the number of cases reaching court and reduced the

There were “a number of significant missed opportunities” to save a two-year-old boy from being beaten to death by his mother, a report has found. Rebecca Shuttleworth is serving a

The NSPCC says social workers “need to deal more effectively with manipulative parents” following a damning report into child protection workers in Birmingham. Social care workers, police and health professionals

A senior council officer has admitted that his authority’s apology for its role in the death of two-year-old Keanu Williams ‘may ring hollow’. Birmingham City Council’s acting strategic director for