A three-year study into the extent of premature death in people with learning disabilities has found that those with learning disabilities are more likely to have a premature death compared with individuals in the general population.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its first dedicated review of privacy, dignity and nutrition in both care homes and hospitals.

The West Sussex Health and Adult Social Care Select Committee has said it hopes that Holly Lodge in Horsham which provides short breaks services to help support the families and carers of children with complex health needs and disabilities can remain open.

A day care centre for people with physical and learning difficulties in Wirral is to be closed by the council.

PLANS to share social services between three councils could save taxpayers £1.4m.

A Bath health chief has spoken of the “unrelenting” pressure being placed on a nursing and social care system “continually at boiling point.”

A senior doctor has called for social care “swat teams” to stop older people getting stuck in hospital.

Social care shake-up will fail elderly and disabled, MPs warn Social care shake-up will fail elderly and disabled, MPs warn

Impact of capped social care on local authorities not adequately thought through, says cross-party group of MPs and peers

Britain is “woefully underprepared” for a rapidly ageing population which faces a “series of miserable crises” unless the Government acts urgently, a Lords report warns.