The concept of ‘careship’ – a combination of care and leadership – could become the sector’s quality mark, by Simon Cotterrell

Britain’s fragile economy is losing more than £5bn a year as a result of a growing crisis in social care funding aggravated by the Government’s austerity measures.

The new care services minister Norman Lamb has said he wants the adult social care funding crisis to be resolved in months, rather than years.

Victims of the Rochdale sex grooming gang have engaged a top lawyer to look at taking action against the authorities for failing to protect them.

MAKING the decision to move a relative into a care home is a tough one for many families. Inspections are designed to help people choose homes with confidence, but information we publish today shows that homes in Notts are performing worse than in any other county in the East Midlands.

A London borough which was forced to pay out damages to a father after his autistic son was illegally removed from his care have threatened to withdraw the family’s housing benefit.

Peterborough City Council has announced the appointment of a new executive director of children’s services. Sue Westcott, currently assistant director for safeguarding families and communities, will take up the position from January 2013.

The degree to which early years professionals are educated has a bigger impact on improving social mobility than the ratio of staff to children in pre-school settings, a report by The Sutton Trust has claimed.

New campaign launches to tackle dementia stigma and drive concerned people to consult their GP, by Alistair Burns

The children’s commissioner is appealing to teachers to accept more responsibility for spotting signs of child neglect. She talks to Louise Tickle.