Unpaid carers are feeling increasingly socially isolated, stressed, depressed and not encouraged or supported in their roles, new NHS figures show. Fewer carers are able to take a break from
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A mother-of-four recovering from cancer was “cooped up” with her children in a single room during the coronavirus pandemic due to council failings, an Ombudsman has found. The woman, referred
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Children in care are moving between placements a thousand times every week in England, according to fresh analysis of Government figures. Children’s care placements have changed more than 220,000 times
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A new report on bereavement support for families and carers after a child’s death has made eight recommendations for improving services. Scotland has one of the highest rates of child
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Leaving survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery in legal limbo over their immigration status risks undermining successful prosecutions, a victims’ charity has warned. Hope for Justice warned people rescued
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A couple who trafficked more than 40 vulnerable men to the UK from Slovakia and forced them into slavery in order to fund their gambling addiction have been jailed. Maros
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Black men and women are still facing racism and discrimination in modern-day Britain in a nation that would be poorer without the efforts of the Windrush generation, the Duke of
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An ambulance trust has been criticised for allowing harassment, bullying and inappropriate sexualised behaviour to become “normalised” within the organisation. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the leadership at
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Legislation to establish a National Care Service for Scotland (NCS) will aim to ensure the best possible outcomes for people accessing care and support and end the ‘postcode lottery’ of
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A senior health chief has vowed to work to rebuild trust following a damning report into the response to complaints raised about a Belfast neurologist. The Independent Neurology Inquiry found
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