A WATCHDOG has warned it will only be able to carry out a fraction of its current investigations into the quality of health and social care in Hull after its budget was cut by nearly 70 per cent.

Jersey’s health department wants to see more older people cared for at home rather than in hospital.

A legal loophole that could allow those who physically abuse children to escape justice is to be closed, the government has announced.

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children’s commissioner has recommended.

Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board has apologised to the parents of three-year-old Ryan Lovell-Hancox for missing numerous opportunities to protect him.

“Closed” Asian communities are hampering investigations into child sexual exploitation, the children’s minister, Tim Loughton, has warned.

Huntingdon social worker Janet King has been given a national award for her outstanding work.

Fourteen separate child protection agencies and council departments missed opportunities to save the life of a three-year-old boy who was beaten to death by his carers, a report has found.

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers has found that an investment of less than £5 million in services provided by five Carers’ Centres resulted in at least £73 million worth of social gains in a year. The Trust has published its findings in a new report titled “Carers’ Centres: What impact do they have.”

A NEW housing development in York has been opened by the chairman of the Government’s Homes and Communities Agency.