Greater collaboration between health and social care will mean better value for taxpayers and better outcomes for service users, says John Adams

The City of London Police today arrested an ex-employee of the Care Quality Commission, as part of an ongoing investigation concerning allegations that proprietors of care homes were being pressurised into paying fees for favourable inspection reports.

A Wirral care home has failed to protect residents’ safety and welfare, says the watchdog for health and social care in England.

DISABLED residents across Bromsgrove and Droitwich could have to be cared for in residential or nursing homes under controversial cost-slashing proposals from Worcestershire County Council.

Labour wants to end means testing of end of life care, giving everyone the opportunity, to die in their own home.

The Action on Elder Abuse charity is among those to have questioned the role of healthcare organisations the Care Quality Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, after the BBC Panorama programme broadcast on Monday evening once again caused outrage over care home abuse that regulators failed to uncover.

The latest shocking revelations about abuse of elderly people in the social care system raise unanswered questions about funding, training and leadership, writes Claudia Wood.

CARERS are preparing to strike amid fears their work will be privatised. Kirklees Council employees who provide daily help to more than 300 vulnerable adults have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

New centres will support 6,000 children across Ashford, Thanet and Swale with conditions such as Down’s Syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy

A Wallsend care home is to be shut down as part of a bid to cut costs. North Tyneside Council hopes to save £500,000 by closing Dorset House, just off Station Road.