A NEW career structure for social workers is vital if the profession is to tackle the staffing crisis, according to Newham’s chief of children’s services.

After almost a decade leading the county’s social services, Margaret Sheather leaves Gloucestershire County Council this week.

An urgent review has been ordered after a confidential report drawn up by staff at the council involved in the Baby P scandal was left on a train.

We can turn it around. That’s the pledge being made by the owners of a Hampshire nursing home where nine staff have lost their jobs after it received a zero rating from independent inspectors.

The new nursing director at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust in south west London has backed controversial proposals requiring all new nurses to have degrees.