An innovative project has the potential to grow into a replacement for existing services for older people, by Hilary Cottam

Paid care workers are key to delivering the government’s reforms, yet the white paper pays them scant attention, By Nick Johnson

Community groups and organisations with ideas for projects that reduce the isolation and increase the mobility of older people can apply for a share of £100,000 of funding.

Paul Burstow has lost his position in the government as part Prime Minister’s reshuffle. Mr Burstow announced today he was “sad to be leaving government” and what he described as his “dream job”.

Jeremy Hunt is to take over from Andrew Lansley as health secretary. Mr Lansley, whose NHS reforms prompted months of controversy last year, will become leader of the House of Commons.

BASW has expressed serious concern after the emergence of a new website aimed at ‘naming and shaming’ social workers who are involved in child protection work – particularly cases involving the removal of children deemed to be at risk. The site, UK Social Workers Exposed, clearly identifies individual social workers and encourages dissatisfied members of the public to post their complaints online.

The Paralympic Games must not divert our eyes from the increasing oppression of disabled people

About 3,100 written complaints a week were made against the NHS in 2011-12 – just over 162,100 for the year. This in an eight per cent (12,400) rise on 2010-11.

A care assistant who was caught abusing an 89-year-old woman after her family recorded the “gratuitous” mistreatment on a hidden CCTV camera was jailed today.

A NEW report has branded Bexley Council’s children’s services “inadequate” in a number of key areas.