CHILD abuse by members of the clergy should be subjected to a public inquiry, a campaigner has said.

WHEN children with learning disabilities struggle to communicate and behave in school, there is a Worthing centre which offers help.

Great Ormond Street Hospital is facing accusations that it is downgrading child protection work and “victimising” staff who raise concerns.

Government’s upcoming reforms must take the needs and contributions of unpaid carers into account, says Heléna Herklots

A TOTAL of 15 newly qualified social workers have been chosen to join an academy that helps develop essential skills during their first year on the job.

Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people face cuts to their support and assistance this year as councils struggle to find new savings of £1bn from social-care budgets, an investigation by The Independent has established.

In many ways, this is perhaps the worst possible time to be a director of adult social care. For one thing, councils are having to bear the brunt of the government’s spending cuts.