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.

In the wake of Gloria Foster’s tragic and avoidable death, Mark Thomas, dscusses why care monitoring is vital in helping local authorities to save lives – and money.

A package aimed at families worried about elderly parents is being launched at a time of growing doubt about the efficacy of telehealth

It has been confirmed that Castlebeck, the care provider at the centre of the Winterbourne View care home scandal, has now entered administration.

The need for a relationship-based approach to social work practice is greater than ever but public sector cuts are reducing the role of social workers to little more than one of “managing crisis”.

Child sex abuse investigations put too much focus on the victims’ credibility and not enough on the suspects, says the director of public prosecutions as he announces a shake-up of guidelines.

An undermining of the value of the service they provide will not only impact on their terms and conditions but on the quality of service they provide says GMB