COMPLAINTS about adult social care services at a South Yorkshire council have risen by more than a tenth in a year.

The complex relationship between health, social care services, the NHS and local authorities could jeopardise the implementation of telehealth services, a new report has warned.

A social worker from Margate whose life was left in ruins following his infatuation with a 16-year-old girl he was supposed to care for was today struck off the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

It’s high risk to bring in an entirely new governing board in one go, explains a transition board member in response to claims that the College is not acting democratically, by Graham Brittain

Carers in Reading are being asked to sign up to a new “dignity charter”. Reading Borough Council hopes it will drive up care standards when dealing with vulnerable adults.

Care workers also deserve better pay and training to prevent future cases of abuse and neglect, by Jonathan Wheeler

Latest inquiry into Kesgrave Hall boys’ school follows Guardian investigation into molestation claims by former pupils

A MAN has admitted mistreating three vulnerable elderly people in his care, causing one to call him a ‘beast’ and cry out for her dead mother.

Being raped or sexually assaulted is something with which most adult victims would struggle to come to terms. So, imagine what a little child thinks, sexually brutalised, perhaps by a stranger or by someone in their own family. How could a child of seven or eight come to terms with an attack of this nature when they may not even understand what sex is?

Draconian ‘last resort’ cuts to Derby’s supported housing budget will trigger an outbreak of crime and rough sleeping among vulnerable youngsters, say campaigners