A care home manager who delayed getting a seriously ill 95-year-old resident vital medical treatment for nearly a fortnight has escaped with a caution.

Thirty six of the most innovative and effective social care and training providers across England have won the chance to win a national award at the Skills for Care Accolades gala presentation evening.

Two elderly residents were rescued from a Birmingham care home when a fire broke out. The man and a woman were taken to safety as firecrews tackled the blaze at Meadow Lodge in Edgbaston.

Dozens of people joined a protest in Staffordshire over plans to change the way day centres and care homes are run.

Six threatened county care homes are being advertised to property buyers on-line – despite an ongoing consultation over their future.

Care workers are expected to walk out on strike today after talks failed to resolve a row over pay. Bolton Council is to hold last-ditch negotiations aimed at averting the action over its plans to stop paying workers sleep-in allowances when they are on holiday or sick.

Tens of thousands of patients with MS could benefit from the revolutionary treatment if the tests taking place at the Frenchay hospital, near Bristol, are successful.

Immigration from Eastern Europe has brought a supply of women deceived into thinking good jobs await them. Instead they are sold to vice gangs for £500 and forced into prostitution. An investigation by The Times has found that one rural force has identified 80 brothels this year

Two members of staff from Field House in Shepton Mallet were among Somerset Care staff honoured at a ceremony recognising long service, effort and commitment.

Care workers are to stage a 48-hour walk-out in a row over payments. More than 300 Unison members working with Bolton Council’s residential services unit, which looks after mentally ill or disabled people, are expected to go on strike from noon on Monday.