Residents of a Cornish care home are “shocked and upset” after its owners confirmed the facility is to close on 7 August due to financial difficulties. About 45 jobs will

A YORK nursery, which sacked a whistleblower after she raised concerns about children’s safety with social services, is closing. Kaleidoscope says that with ‘‘great sadness’’ its City Nursery in The

Social workers are in “desperate need” of specialist training in how to spot the warning signs that a child is being targeted for sexual abuse online, according to a survey

There has been a 23 per cent rise in Manchester youngsters on child protection plans in the past year, according to an internal report. It mirrors a steep annual increase

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a £50m fund to be awarded to more than 100 care homes and hospitals, with the aim of establishing pioneering dementia care environments. The

Two Manchester day centres are to shut in a bid to save £1.7m despite a backlash from campaigners. Northfields in Moston and Eric Hobin, in Charlestown , will close from

ELDERLY residents face upheaval and more than 40 staff could lose their jobs because a Basingstoke care home has been earmarked for closure. County council chiefs are proposing to shut

Local lady, Sati Salona, has set up a new service, specialising in caring for older people and is looking to create 50 new jobs in the West Yorkshire area in

A social worker who had extreme pornography on his home computer is to face a disciplinary hearing. Stewart Ford, of Little Wakering in Essex, was last year given a year-long

Local authorities across the country are being given a share of £11.8m by the Department of Health as the way data collected on social care shifts to focus on results.