A health watchdog has reprimanded a care home for shortcomings in the checks it carries out for new members of staff. Meadowbank Care Home, in Braywick Road in Maidenhead, has

A WORLE care home has been bought out of administration for £6.8million and the company is keen to get the community involved in running it once again. The Summer Lane

GPS tracking devices are to be given to people with dementia and learning difficulties in Surrey. Surrey County Council (SCC) said the trackers could send an alert to a smart

Prevention is better than cure and with that in mind Bucks County Council has launched a new £4 million scheme to provide vulnerable adults with early care. The scheme, Prevention

It was first rated inadequate in 2009 following a series of deaths of children known to social workers – including Khyra Ishaq, who was starved to death Birmingham city council’s

The borough’s new consumer champion for health and social care launched on Wednesday and now begins the process of recruiting board members. The launch, at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, saw 150

If people became more involved with care homes it would benefit residents and provide an extra quality check, by Lord Michael Bichard Cookery classes, art installations, coffee mornings. On Friday,

A BUSINESSMAN has applied to open a new children’s home in Littleover but 12 people have objected. Meaksh Mehan, who runs Uma Fashions, in Normanton Road, has applied to Derby

Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies in England and Wales. A report from the four bodies covering police, prisons and care

NEW figures reveal there has been a rise in the number of safeguarding referrals for vulnerable adults claiming to have been abused. Hartlepool Borough Council has produced the annual figures