A TROUBLED North-East care home provider has been acquired out of administration by a rival operator. Castlebeck Care, which has its headquarters in Darlington, has been taken over by Danshell,

KPMG report says society must move beyond hospital walls to address healthcare in the 21st century, by Hilary Thomas For much of the 20th century, the biomedical model of care

Leeds City Council is set to close four of its old people’s homes as it bids to slash £4m a year from its social services bill. Amberton Court in Gipton,

Health and social care professionals should be trained to focus on meeting the individual needs of children and young people with autism and their families, according to new clinical guidelines.

Hundreds of thousands of agency workers caring for elderly people in their own homes are illegally being paid well below the minimum wage, a report claims. A study by the

Work is under way on a multi-million pound state-of-the art care home for the elderly, which will create more than 100 jobs. The three-storey facility is being built by Peterborough-based

Charities and an MP are campaigning for tougher restrictions on sex offenders, saying the system is not preventing the grooming and exploitation of children. The “Childhood Lost” campaign says police

A specialist care home which will create 30 jobs in Heckmondwike is nearing completion. Meadow Green, which will provide 53 flats and a separate 10 flat complex to provide specialist

Nearly 1,500 UK care homes are “financially vulnerable” and could go bust, a new report has found. The British care home industry is currently in a state of crisis, according

A nursery worker who raped a toddler had a “special relationship” with the girl that Ofsted and a council were aware of, a review has found. Paul Wilson, 21, who