Elderly people are being put in jeopardy by “dangerous” cuts to basic home care which will end up costing the taxpayer thousands of pounds, GPs today warn.

Macmillan Cancer Support, Arthritis Care and Epilepsy Action are among a coterie of charities that will be funded by the Department of Health to develop their skills as commissioning support organisations.

Campaigners have warned that massive reductions in UK child poverty might be reversed by the coalition government and it could have the worst child poverty record of any government in a generation.

Social workers in England are to be “freed from pointless bureaucracy”, the government has promised.

When David Behan takes over as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission next month he has a chance to overhaul the health and social care regulator

Every eligible council in England is to take part in the government’s programme to tackle the problems of “troubled families”, ministers have said.

NSPCC fears for already stretched children’s services as new figures show sharp increase in cases

Commenting on new figures released by the NSPCC showing that reports of neglect to its helpline have doubled over the last two years to reach record levels, Nushra Mansuri, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers, said:

RESIDENTS have been moved out of a Burnley care home after a police investigation was launched into the death of a 91-year-old woman.

More than £100 million of taxpayers money set aside to improve care for the elderly and disabled has been spent by councils simply propping up the existing system, a report shows.