A company which runs care homes was fined £250,000 today following the death of a resident who choked on a ham sandwich.

A man who had been found to be unfit to enter a plea to murdering a care worker in Bedfordshire has been convicted of killing her by a jury.

Now is a dangerous time in social work, because making changes at a time of crisis is often about lurching rather than learning, with opportunities for fine-tuning lost in the frenzy.

A radical revamp of adult social care will be considered by councillors at a meeting of Hampshire County Council’s cabinet on Monday.

TWO people were last night being questioned by detectives about suspected neglect at a series of care homes in an Essex town.

Council leaders have criticised the Laming review into the death of Baby P for not going far enough to protect vulnerable children.

AN update on children’s services in Surrey, which were labelled inadequate in an independent report last year, has revealed progress in all but two of 15 target areas.