A local authority has apologised after a computer error led to hundreds of people paying too little for their social care.

Nurses are stepping up their campaign to get ministers to toughen up the regulation of healthcare support staff in England.

At least 8,750 new foster families need to be found across the UK in the next 12 months to avoid a crisis in the care system, the Fostering Network has claimed.

After a recent raft of criticism the Care Quality Commission says more resources are now being put into a new inspection regime, writes Alan Rosenbach, the watchdog’s special policy lead

Diagnosis rates of dementia have increased by just two per cent to 43 per cent in the past year. This means most people with the condition are still being left without vital support and treatment.