NEW figures reveal there has been a rise in the number of safeguarding referrals for vulnerable adults claiming to have been abused. Hartlepool Borough Council has produced the annual figures

A union has called for the “myth” that the private sector can run the public services “more effectively” to be “exploded”. It comes in the wake of residents being removed

The King’s Fund has set up a commission to consider the future of health and social care. Chaired by economist Kate Barker, a former member of the Bank of England’s

Bupa has announced that Oakhurst Grange Nursing Home is to close. Staff at the home in Goffs Park Road, Southgate, will work with the local adult social services and NHS

Chief executive insists the shortfall has been tackled after a report revealed more than 60 per cent of positions in its social services department were empty in the autumn Vulnerable

A daughter who secretly filmed her mother’s poor care at a nursing home is calling for better care for the elderly. Margaret Heslop’s family were so concerned about her care

Death rates in care and nursing homes in England are to be monitored by the Care Quality Commission to try to identify problems at an earlier stage. The regulator said

The College of Social Work has published a Code of Ethics for its members that sets out the principles that social workers in England are expected to put into practice.