The Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England, announced  that it has brought in two advisors to add to its experience and expertise in adult social care and to help develop its relationship with the sector.

TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher is fronting an Action for Children campaign to recruit foster carers. The campaign has been timed to coincide with Foster Care Fortnight (17-30 May) and focuses on the shortage of carers.

RELATIVES of a 93-year-old woman humiliated by a care worker say they are angry with her and the management of the home where it happened.

A Cumbrian nursing home is still failing to look after its residents properly – four months after social care inspectors ordered bosses to shape up.

Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather has been appointed as minister of state for children and families, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Council chiefs have ‘revolutionised’ the way social workers record cases after a former employee was struck off. Alcus Dunn is banned from practising as a social worker after a catalogue of failures while working for Herts County Council.

The government’s decision to scrap the controversial children’s database ContactPoint has been described as a retrograde step which could leave families of disabled children with less co-ordinated support.

The co-owner of a Herefordshire care home arrested on suspicion of neglecting residents has been released on bail.

A FORMER social care worker for Bucks County Council had a suspension lifted this week after being cleared of misconduct.

The Tory-Lib Dem government is to end the detention of children in immigration centres as a matter of priority.