Care services minister Paul Burstow has announced that the Care Quality Commission will no longer conduct an annual performance assessment of councils’ commissioning of adult social care.

Care groups are warning the government risks failing to deliver on a pledge to reform the funding system for the long-term care of elderly people in England.

A carer has described her ’18 months of hell’ after charges she neglected a poorly pensioner were dramatically dropped.

THE head of a Stanmore charity facing redundancies says Barnet Council have demanded cuts that are “not safe”.

The boyfriend of Baby Peter Connelly’s mother could be forced to “answer questions” about the 17-month-old boy’s death, a coroner has said.

Norwich’s first Sure Start children’s centre is continuing to blaze a trail after getting an “outstanding” grading from Ofsted.

Training care staff how it feels to have dementia has helped tackle overdependence on antipsychotic drugs, writes Rowenna Davis

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An improvement notice set up at Surrey County Council’s children’s services two years ago after Ofsted found a series of failings has been lifted.

Adoption guidelines should be relaxed to let white couples adopt children from different ethnic backgrounds, a government minister urged local councils today.