Oxfam faces crisis talks with the Government as it deals with the fall-out following claims of sexual misconduct by aid workers. International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt will meet the charity
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International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said it was “shocking” that some Oxfam staff had been able to resign after the Haiti sex allegations surfaced. She told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr
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A coroner has concluded that gross failure by a hospital contributed to the death of a man whose severe constipation meant he had to have 10kg of faeces removed from
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Some hip fracture patients are having to wait up to 80 days for a physiotherapist to visit them at home after being discharged from hospital, a union has warned. The
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A new national strategy to deal with the housing needs of older people has been called for by MPs. More emphasis should be put on the links between homes and
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Hundreds of school leaders say they have had difficulties commissioning mental health services for pupils, according to a survey published by children’s charity Place2Be. The research showed that while 84%
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Probation services responsible for supervising thousands of offenders are failing to meet them often enough, a report has warned. Enforcement of non-custodial sentences by private community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) was
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The chairman of an inquiry into public services which came into contact with a double killer and his victims before they died said lessons will be learned if mistakes were
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Social care in England is running as a “Cinderella service” – with the sector undervalued and its workers poorly rewarded, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. A new report
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Almost 20,000 people received “flying” visits of only 15 minutes for personal social care last year, according to a charity’s research. Disability charity Leonard Cheshire said the figures were indicative
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