Copies of a shelved report into abuse at residential children’s homes in north Wales in the 1970s and 1980s have been found

A young care worker was praised at the Wales Care Awards for her compassion in helping a dying man and awarded the most exceptional newcomer in Wales’ social care sector.

The Waterhouse Inquiry was ordered by William Hague, then Welsh secretary in 1996.

JIMMY Savile has been linked to allegations of abuse at the Bryn Estyn care home, according to reports.

David Cameron has ordered an investigation that threatens to expose a senior Tory politician as a member of a child sex ring in North Wales.

A University of Wales conference will try to find out how austerity and health policy implications are affecting social care, by Gideon Calder

BLAENAU Gwent council faces a £806,000 shortfall as part of the projections for the borough’s annual cash injection from the assembly.

Care home officials have confirmed a Flintshire nursing home has been placed under special scrutiny following the death of a resident last month.

Social workers should be given more power to enter the homes of vulnerable adults who they suspect are being abused or neglected, BASW Cymru said.

Health boards have been warned the views of older people must be taken into account as they push forward major reorganisation plans for services across Wales.