Commenting on new figures released by the NSPCC showing that reports of neglect to its helpline have doubled over the last two years to reach record levels, Nushra Mansuri, professional officer at the British Association of Social Workers, said:

RESIDENTS have been moved out of a Burnley care home after a police investigation was launched into the death of a 91-year-old woman.

More than £100 million of taxpayers money set aside to improve care for the elderly and disabled has been spent by councils simply propping up the existing system, a report shows.

Telford and Wrekin Council has been fined more than £70,000 for two data protection breaches which revealed information about vulnerable children.

Vulnerable young people should no longer be sent across England to Rochdale’s privately-run children’s homes because their safety cannot be guaranteed, the leader of the council said last night.

ANN Leach and Joanne Robinson were last week found guilty of ill-treating two severely disabled residents at a Bolton Council-run care home.

Interview: Mike Parson, chief executive of Barchester Healthcare, talks about how to get a fair price for care in the face of ever-increasing demand for better services.

An evening access course for people wanting to train as a health or social care professional has been axed in Norfolk.

Hospices will get £60m to help improve the quality of care for people nearing the end of their lives, the care services minister Paul Burstow has announced.

Three-quarters of large charities have already or will be making redundancies in the next year, and two-thirds will be cutting frontline services according to a survey looking into the commissioning landscape for charities.