Six out of ten people with dementia are undiagnosed, it has been found, as MPs launch an investigation into how to pick up missed patients.

The whistle-blowing helpline for NHS staff is being extended to staff and employers in the social care sector from 1 January. There is also a new number for the service, which encompasses all of the elements of the current helpline service and is free, independent and confidential.

Four UK authorities will be entitled to create a single, locally co-ordinated pot designed to reduce duplication and cut costs

HOMELESSNESS is on the rise, and more people are predicted to be on the streets this Christmas as a result of the economic crisis. Charities are warning that the situation will only get worse when welfare reform and cuts to housing services start to bite next year.

ABUSE victim Joshua Jones could have been saved if doctors, social workers and the police had taken evasive action after discovering he had non accidental injuries, an inquest has heard.

Our director of adult care on why the systems and processes overtaking principles and values make you want to cry

The British Association of Social Workers have expressed surprise after receiving a letter from the Nation Audit Office making reference to an ‘assessment exercise’ designed to determine the organisation best placed to oversee the development of a College of Social Work.