The quality of NHS end of life care is good, but choice is still lacking, a survey of bereaved people reports.

About 15 registered sex offenders are living in the same Kent road as several children’s homes, an MP has claimed.

The government has published plans to combat the sexual exploitation of children in care homes in England by gangs.

Urgent reforms of the residential care system in England to protect children from sexual abuse have been announced by the government following an in-depth report into child exploitation.

Health care professionals in Essex have been criticised for a “lack over communication” over the care of a baby who died from head injuries.

Up to a fifth of nursing and residential homes in England are failing to give patients their medicines or meet basic professional standards with potentially fatal consequences, the regulator has discovered.

Care Quality Commission finds problems with mismanagement of medicines, poor record-keeping and low staff numbers

People who suffer with a serious mental illness have a mortality rate three times as high as those in the general population, according to new research.

Adults with autism should be supported to find and hold down a job, which would have innumerable benefits for their care

People in Dorset are being asked for their views on how to make £600,000 worth of savings to the county council’s day care services.