The standard of care at four Calderdale residential homes has been slammed in new inspections by the industry watchdog.

A childminder has been charged with rape and sexually assaulting four girls.

More than a 1,000 council investigations have been launched at care homes looking after some of the most vulnerable people in a Yorkshire city.

Nearly 20,000 fewer older people have been receiving local authority funded home care in the past year due to budget cuts, according to new Government figures.

Andrew Dilnot, the economist brought in by the Government to reform long-term elderly care, has said he regrets ministers’ decision to defy the central recommendation of his review, as it emerged that almost 2 million pensioners will be denied any state help with the cost of assistance in old age.

Jeremy Hunt, health minister, claims there is a misunderstanding about the cap on costs so here is a guide to financing social care

A CARE worker who siphoned off £10,000 from a vulnerable 81-year-old woman’s pension is facing a possible jail sentence.

The current laws on child neglect are not fit for the 21st Century and in “urgent” need of reform, Britain’s most senior authority on family law warns today.

Report finds social services and schools ignore patterns of sexually inappropriate behaviour

The report about the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS trust will have a far-reaching impact on the social care sector