As a new report from MPs claims the youth justice system is currently failing children in care and care leavers, BASW has reiterated the need to treat looked after children as individuals.

Staff to be taught to see sex as a natural part of life for older and disabled people, by Sue Learner

Judges back employment tribunal decision that Haringey council acted reasonably in dismissing Maria Ward and Gillie Christou

A deputy care home manager who allowed staff to drink booze when they took residents on a trip to Blackpool has been allowed to keep her job.

Michael Murphy explains why the population is steadily ageing and why men are making a comeback in their nineties

Cash-strapped local authorities are cutting nursing services for elderly people, research suggests.

THE Royal Borough of Windor’s children’s social services have been criticised in an independent report.

HEALTH bosses are planning a shake-up in the way they look after children in Doncaster.

It sounds like a no-brainer. Don’t force people with long-term health problems like diabetes or chronic lung disease to trek in to hospital for routine tests and repeat prescriptions – monitor their conditions remotely instead.

PARENTS who put their children into care could face being charged, it has emerged.