The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is failing to identify and stop elderly people having their basic human rights ignored, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said, claiming that the way the elderly are treated now meets the legal definition of torture which refers to “inhuman or degrading treatment”.

Over a thousand older and disabled people have turned up to a mass lobby of parliament.

Two nurses have been arrested on suspicion of fraud in connection with an investigation into a Hampshire County Council-run care home.

Small and inexpensive changes to working practices and training for staff can transform services for families affected by parental mental ill health, according to a report by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).

A serious case review into the sexual assault and murder of a 15-year-old Polish girl by a convicted sex offender has uncovered failings in communications between the police and public protection agencies in Humberside and Leeds.

More than half of elderly and disabled people in care homes are being denied basic health services while staff are failing to to do enough to preserve their dignity, according to an official review.

Concerns have been raised about the quality of care at a Thorpe St Andrew nursing home after a high number of staff changes in recent months.

An alliance of forty-five care charities, associations and providers has written an open letter to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in order to show solidarity on the importance of care reforms.

HUNDREDS of care staff across East Lancashire are facing pay cuts of up to 40 per cent – and are reluctantly preparing to strike.

Women and children will be placed in danger if planned changes to legal aid are rubberstamped, campaigners have warned ahead of a House of Lords debate on the proposed legislation.