The NHS is failing youngsters with autism, a charity warned today. More than 70% of children with autism also have a mental health problem which is preventable or treatable, such as depression or obsessive compulsive disorder.

HEALTH chiefs have unveiled plans to create a new £10 million centre aimed at plugging a hole in mental health care for women patients in York.

A consortium of 700 charities is bidding for contracts worth £100m from the National Offender Management Service, the executive agency of the Ministry of Justice that seeks to prevent adult re-offending.

LIVERPOOL council has introduced an immediate recruitment freeze as it grapples with the “biggest financial crisis to hit the city for decades”.

Minister says world-famous children’s hospital should be subject to ‘urgent investigation’ after consultants sign letter of no confidence in chief executive.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence has produced updated guidance on achieving dignity in care for older people.

Essex County Council has created a new website – www.essexice.com – that offers the support and knowledge so that anyone in Essex can communicate with people with learning disabilities.

A senior social services official has said that it would not matter if a child was killed after their case was closed because it would not be the council’s responsibility.

Cumbria County Council is among five local authorities to receive glowing Ofsted reports for their child protection services following unannounced inspections.

A senior healthcare assistant who humiliated a 93-year-old dementia sufferer in her care has received a suspended jail term.