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.

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.

The treatment of elderly people in care is now so bad that it meets the legal definition of torture, the Government’s human rights watchdog said on Monday.

A growing list of professional bodies are calling for the withdrawal of the Health and Social Care Bill. Here, four prominent organisations set out their concerns about the bill and what they believe needs to change

BASW has called for the proper regulation of all private fostering arrangements in the wake of the convictions of Eric Bikubi and Magalie Bamu for the murder of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu, after the Old Bailey heard accounts of the pair believing their victim was possessed by evil spirits.

A new film to support social workers and personal advisers to help parents and families going to child protection conferences has been released online today by advice charity Family Rights Group.

The care watchdog has taken action to protect people with learning disabilities in two homes just outside Reading.

The Delivering Dignity report highlights the plight of older women, who bear the brunt of underfunded social care