More than 22,000 children and teenagers were treated in hospital for self-harming in 2012, according to official figures which experts said showed the “toxic” effects of social media and a

160 new jobs could be created as a new care company moves into Plymouth. The Council has awarded the Human Support Group a contract for reablement services in the city,

Councils in Dorset are to get a £750,000 boost to help transform the way health and social care services are delivered. Dorset County Council, Bournemouth and Poole will receive the

Two political parties are attempting to force Bradford Council to re-think a controversial cut to social care for the elderly and disabled. Yesterday, Bradford Council’s Executive approved a cost-cutting plan

The children’s charity calls on police to examine the activities of the community at Stentwood Farm near Honiton The NSPCC has called for an investigation into the practises of a

Reports on the deaths from abuse of children in England, or the injuries suffered in such cases, are to be archived centrally in an attempt to avoid mistakes being repeated.

A group opposing cuts to social care in Bradford visited 10 Downing Street today to hand over a 900-name petition. Today Bradford Council is expected to change the threshold for

A SPECIALIST care home is due to open on the outskirts of Romsey in 2015. Hampshire-based Hartford Care is behind the 60-bed scheme at Abbotswood and it is part of

A TRUST will be set up to take responsibility for protecting children in Doncaster after the local authority secured significant concessions from the Government over how the new system will

More must be done to retain social workers demoralised by three critical reports about children’s services in Northamptonshire, a watchdog head says. Kevin Crompton, the independent chair of the county’s