Regulation of the care sector is not fit for purpose, care minister Norman Lamb has said as he unveiled proposals on care homes for consultation.

Children’s Roma parents deny allegations of abuse in background to case that has raised community tensions

Saint Michaels Hospice has received a glowing review following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

The number of reported cases of abuse against vulnerable adults rose by 23% in just one year, provisional figures show. Data from 99 councils in England show that the number of reported cases rose by 21,000 between 2010/11 and 2011/12.

Hundreds of elderly and disabled people have been denied funding, despite a spare £648,000 in the council’s social care budget.

A father has described Kent’s social services as a “total shambles” after his son, in foster care, was sent a letter meant for him by mistake.

The second stage of an inquiry by MPs into the state of social work heard a wave of additional evidence from frontline social workers about why child protection practice is in a parlous condition and how new government adoption targets could deepen the crisis facing the profession and those who rely on its services.

Councils have criticised the latest publication of adoption scorecards by the government, warning that the data could lead to ‘misleading’ comparisons between authorities.

Devon care homes have called Devon County Council’s decision, to lodge an appeal over the High Court ruling ordering it to raise its fees, “appalling”.

End of life care varies widely across the country according to statistics published by the Office of National Statistics today.