Leading UK charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has revealed that 300,000 disabled people will spend this Christmas trapped in unsuitable homes in a new report published today as part of its
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Dementia sufferers lack proper care because the illness is not recognised as a terminal diagnosis, according to a report out today. The report, by Marie Curie and the Alzheimer’s Society,
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A paedophile who used his children’s home business as “a front” has been jailed for life. John Allen, 73, was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court last week
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Up to 13,000 people in Britain are being held in conditions of slavery, four times the number previously thought, the Home Office has said. In what is said to be
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An Edinburgh nursery has been closed and a police investigation launched following the death of a baby girl who had stopped breathing. The Careshare nursery in Port Hamilton was closed
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A judge questioned the wisdom of social workers placing a vulnerable teenage girl alone a flat and left almost unsupervised in inner city Bristol – leading to her being raped
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The inquiry into the handling of child sex abuse allegations by public bodies which has been plagued with difficulties from the outset will not have a chair in place until
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In a historic day for the Royal Blind School, the re-developed school building in Morningside, Edinburgh was yesterday officially opened by the charity’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of
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A care home manager in South Wales has defended his home following criticism in a report by social care inspectors. Taliesin Care Home in Tonypandy, Rhondda, was told to improve
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A housing support service based in Aberdeen has told it must make improvements after the quality of care and support it provided was graded unsatisfactory by inspectors. Absolute Care is
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