Children and young people with mental health problems who are caught up in the criminal justice system are not getting the right support, according to an analysis released by YoungMinds and the Prison Reform Trust today.

STRESSED-out staff at County Hall, Taunton, are at “breaking point” – and things could get worse with 190 jobs under threat, a union boss warns.

Nottinghamshire County Council has defended itself after criticism that its efficiency savings programme is affecting frontline services.

The public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital failings will publish its findings on Wednesday. One of the key issues that has emerged from the scandal is the need for the NHS to do more to allow people to blow the whistle on problems early on.

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by former care services minister, Paul Burstow MP, to make care home owners criminally accountable in cases of abuse, has received a mixed response from the care sector.

Proposals to cut about 150 jobs have been announced by Liverpool City Council as it tries to save £32m from next year’s budget.

Skills For Care has opened the application process to allocate workforce development funds (WDF) which provides support for the on-going professional development of staff across the adult social care sector in England.

Eight Derbyshire residents have been selected to play their part in a new health and social care watchdog set up to help ensure local people receive high quality services.

Up to 16,000 of the most vulnerable residents in the borough may have their lives made harder if an Islington Council plan goes ahead.

A DEMENTIA inpatient unit at Charter House in Trowbridge is temporarily closing due to low occupancy just as figures released by Alzheimers Support show the number of people diagnosed with the illness continues to rise.