A project in Stoke-on-Trent to encourage unemployed people to become care workers has seen a 94% success rate and is transforming lives. Tracy Kirton explains why

A social care assistant who helped a prisoner escape from a secure unit in north Suffolk has been warned she faces a spell behind bars when she is sentenced next month.

A quarter of hospital beds are now occupied by dementia sufferers as emergency admissions have risen sharply in recent years, figures show.

A social care chief has apologised for blunders that caused a teenager with learning difficulties to miss a year of education.

A girl faced court after having told a social worker she would “cut her throat”.

David Cameron will outline plans for a network of “troubleshooters” to give more focused support to England’s most troubled families.

Ten staff at a Gloucestershire care home at the centre of a BBC Panorama investigation are due to appear in court accused of a string of offences against vulnerable patients.