The home support given to people with dementia and their carers is an “absolute travesty”, a charity says.

Nearly one in three prison officers working with vulnerable young offenders in custody have not completed training on safeguarding and assessing vulnerability, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Wirral Mencap has joined forces with mental health organisation Family Tree in a bid to halt the closure of two Wirral care homes.

The much-anticipated Health and Social Care Bill was published on Wednesday. Although it contains few surprises, the sheer size of the document, and the monumental changes within it, cannot fail to invoke strong feelings and opinions, and, of course, many questions.

In the second week of a ten-week long campaign, UNISON is calling on them to make sure social workers can get time off in lieu (TOIL) or be paid for working additional hours.

Ongoing row between rival bodies causing embarrassment for social work sector

People suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK could get the first pill to treat the condition within a “few months”.

Staff at a Bradford residential home for people with learning disabilities are celebrating an outstanding contribution award for the improvements they have made to services.

Funding for youth offending teams, the government’s Work Programme and the early intervention grant could be channelled into “community budget” pilots from 1 April.

A total of 376 posts in children’s services are set to be axed at Hampshire County Council as the authority prepares to make savings of £55m this year.