Illness caused by malnutrition is getting worse because some people cannot afford good quality food, a health expert has warned. Figures released earlier this month by the Health and Social
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It is a “scandal” that patients with mental health problems have no standardised maximum waiting times for treatment, experts have said. While people with most physical problems can expect to
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Human rights campaigner and early member of Amnesty International Helen Bamber has died, the Helen Bamber Foundation has announced. Leading figures from the charity world and film stars Colin Firth
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The number of children in council care in England has risen by 12%, with overall costs calculated at £3.4 billion. There were 68,110 children in care on March 31 2013,
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The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) accused care minister Norman Lamb MP of besmirching the reputation of care homes across the country with ill-chosen, over-generalised comments likely to create a
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Birmingham City Council has announced that it has appointed Bernadette McNally as Executive Director of Children’s Services. Ms McNally is currently executive director of social services at the Belfast Health
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A new criminal offence of domestic abuse that covers non-violent behaviour is being put out to consultation by the Government. Abuse victims whose partners cause psychological harm by threatening them
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Children were left malnourished, infested with head lice and living in squalor surrounded by animal waste because their parents were able to play the authorities off one another, an inquiry
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Sixty percent of English local authorities do not know how many children in their area are likely to suffer from neglect, according to new research from Action for Children. According
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The GMB Union is calling on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to pull back on the decision to close two Orchard Care care homes in Broadstairs, Kent pending a full
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