Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies in England and Wales. A report from the four bodies covering police, prisons and care

Doncaster Council has appointed a new improvement partner to transform its children’s services. An Oftsted report last year found standards at the council were low and social workers were failing

New chairman of the Care Quality Commission says that his organisation is still “not fully set up” to inspect hospitals. The public can have no confidence that the hospitals watchdog

England’s NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible “cover-up” after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital. A review of the

A care home has issued a statement following a BBC Panorama programme, entitled Elderly Care: Condition Critical. The programme included concerns about the care of Kathleen Reid, who went to

A health watchdog has reprimanded a care home for shortcomings in the checks it carries out for new members of staff. Meadowbank Care Home, in Braywick Road in Maidenhead, has

A WORLE care home has been bought out of administration for £6.8million and the company is keen to get the community involved in running it once again. The Summer Lane

GPS tracking devices are to be given to people with dementia and learning difficulties in Surrey. Surrey County Council (SCC) said the trackers could send an alert to a smart

Prevention is better than cure and with that in mind Bucks County Council has launched a new £4 million scheme to provide vulnerable adults with early care. The scheme, Prevention

It was first rated inadequate in 2009 following a series of deaths of children known to social workers – including Khyra Ishaq, who was starved to death Birmingham city council’s