As the National Health Service undergoes the biggest reorganisation in its history, one aspect of the government’s reforms that has raised people’s blood pressure is the issue of privatisation.

A mental health unit in Ashford is to close, leaving patients with a round trip of at least an hour to access key hospital services.

Survey finds nearly 60% of social care professionals said it was unlikely swift action could be taken to protect neglected children

Social services and police “missed opportunities” to stop the sexual abuse of young girls in Rochdale, a report into a grooming scandal has revealed.

Victims of a child sex ring may take legal action against the authorities for failing to protect them after a damning report laid bare the extent of their failings.

A London borough which was forced to pay out damages to a father after his autistic son was illegally removed from his care have threatened to withdraw the family’s housing benefit.

Peterborough City Council has announced the appointment of a new executive director of children’s services. Sue Westcott, currently assistant director for safeguarding families and communities, will take up the position from January 2013.

Britain’s fragile economy is losing more than £5bn a year as a result of a growing crisis in social care funding aggravated by the Government’s austerity measures.

The new care services minister Norman Lamb has said he wants the adult social care funding crisis to be resolved in months, rather than years.

Victims of the Rochdale sex grooming gang have engaged a top lawyer to look at taking action against the authorities for failing to protect them.