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

The owner of a Halifax nursing home and his “bullying” manager have gone on trial accused of neglecting four elderly residents who suffered pressure sores while at their premises. A

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

Care and Support minister Norman Lamb has announced 14 pioneering initiatives which will lead the way in joining up health and social care throughout the country. Picked from 111 applications,

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

The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in NHS hospitals topped 50,000 last year, a four per cent rise on 2011/12 (from 48,600 to 50,400). Detentions in independent