Research from Skills for Care reveals the economic contribution of the sector; the challenge now is to recruit, train and retain staff, by Sharon Allen

Parents in Peterborough should be confident their children are safe after inspectors noted an improvement in children’s services.

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.

Elderly patients need to be treated in the community instead of in hospitals “which can be dangerous places”, says the NHS Alliance, which represents doctors, nurses and managers on the front line.

Failures by care professionals led to a 70-year-old man strangling his wife before killing himself, an investigation has found.

Jamie Major of the trade union Unite says members are not being allowed to sign ‘under protest’, restricting their right to take legal action

The parents of a girl have won damages over an “unlawful” decision by social services to investigate if their child was being ill-treated.

Nine out of 10 Unison members at Northamptonshire County Council, including social workers, are in favour of industrial action over changes to terms and conditions.

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

People with dementia are not receiving care that meets their needs because health and adult social care services are struggling to cope, according to the Care Quality Commission’s latest Care Update.