A SOCIAL services boss has claimed that “none” of Bournemouth’s 95 care homes meet today’s care standards. Speaking at a public meeting, Ivor Cawthorn, the borough council’s strategic commissioning manager

Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of Haringey children’s services during the Baby P scandal, said on Monday that risk management is having “devastating consequences” for social care. It is the

The former director of public prosecutions says he thinks it is time to ‘change the law’ on child sex abuse in Britain, so reporting allegations becomes ‘mandatory’ Failing to report

A Milton Keynes mental health service – run by national charity Rethink Mental Illness – has been given top marks by the people who use it. The Community Support service,

The proportion of young women doing low-paid, low-skill jobs has trebled over the last 20 years, according to new research commissioned by the Trades Union Congrss (TUC) and published this

Mystery surrounds a review launched at the Bupa-run St Mark’s Nursing Centre that has also seen three nurses suspended. The Royal Borough, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Bupa are working

The mother of Baby P has been freed from jail, according to reports. The release of Tracey Connelly, 32, who was imprisoned in 2009 for failing to act while her

POLICE are warning parents to be on their guard after a bogus social worker gained access to a child at his home in Beverley. The child’s mum allowed the female

A former chief social work adviser to the Scottish government is to lead an inquiry into a beleaguered children’s services department’s handling of cases involving child exploitation. Alexis Jay has

County councils have raised fresh concerns over social care funding shortfalls. Responding to the Government’s Caring for our Future consultation, the County Councils Network (CCN) said it supported plans to