Darwen care home boss ‘adds insult to injury’ Darwen care home boss ‘adds insult to injury’

More children at risk should be put into care, says a committee of MPs examining child protection in England.

More needs to be done to reduce the gap between rich and poor in Guernsey, according to the island’s chief medical officer.

Campaigners have claimed Britain’s biggest care home operators have combined debts of more than £4.5bn.

Professional body to tell Lords committee that political stereotyping has hampered efforts to rehome vulnerable children

Surrey County Council has finished installing social care staff in the offices of all 11 of the borough and district councils, it has been announced.

Police are investigating an elderly care home in Nottingham which closed after having its council contract suspended.

PARENTS of children with severe special needs are “at breaking point” because their funding has been cut, an MP has warned.

A CARE home where an 87-year-old woman fell to her death from the roof has been exonerated by a coroner. Dolly Cook, who had dementia, often wandered at night at the Highfield House residential home in Newent.

The income  of the NSPCC fell by £12.9m in the last financial year, its latest accounts show. The children’s charity’s annual report shows its income fell to £135.7m in 2011/12 from £148.6m in 2010/11 – a drop of 8.7 per cent.