CHILDREN are exposed to unnecessary risk and harm because of “systemic weaknesses” in Devon’s child protection services, inspectors say. An OFSTED report into the performance of the services found them

Police are reviewing video footage after receiving an allegation of abuse at a care home. Footage was alleged to have been filmed at Selborne House, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, Selborne Care

A SOCIAL worker cared for a man with learning difficulties and used his wheelchair to shoplift while on his weekly shopping trip. Alma Padilla was arrested by police on May

More social workers are being recruited to help deal with serious failings in the team helping Cumbria’s most vulnerable children. The county council’s children’s services department has been ranked as

An MP has called for an urgent review into how a row over care between the family of one of the UK’s oldest women and a hospital came to involve

Help and support for youngsters at risk is inadequate at every level, according to Ofsted. Government inspectors have just published a damning report into Calderdale Council’s services for protecting children

Charity says it is confident it will find a destination for 500,000 historic photos once they have been stored in digital format Barnardo’s has played down fears that its archive

Elderly  residents are being moved out of a Shropshire nursing home due to “grave concerns” over standards of care. Shropshire Council has confirmed it has imposed an order on Hillcrest

The Citizens Council, which advises the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has published its final report on factors that it believes should be considered when NICE develops social

CAMPAIGNERS in Yorkshire have forced a debate on controversial social care changes after collecting more than 8,000 signatures. Trade unionists organised a petition against Kirklees Council’s plan to privatise some