New government measures seek to end large concentrations of vulnerable children becoming easy prey for sex abusers

Parents in London pay more for childcare and are less able to rely on the support of grandparents than families in other parts of the country, according to research by the Daycare Trust.

Last week saw England’s care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) release its first Market Report, based on the results of 14,000 unannounced care provider inspections.

The quality of NHS end of life care is good, but choice is still lacking, a survey of bereaved people reports.

About 15 registered sex offenders are living in the same Kent road as several children’s homes, an MP has claimed.

The government has published plans to combat the sexual exploitation of children in care homes in England by gangs.

Urgent reforms of the residential care system in England to protect children from sexual abuse have been announced by the government following an in-depth report into child exploitation.

Health care professionals in Essex have been criticised for a “lack over communication” over the care of a baby who died from head injuries.

Up to a fifth of nursing and residential homes in England are failing to give patients their medicines or meet basic professional standards with potentially fatal consequences, the regulator has discovered.

Care Quality Commission finds problems with mismanagement of medicines, poor record-keeping and low staff numbers