Labour wants to end means testing of end of life care, giving everyone the opportunity, to die in their own home.

The Action on Elder Abuse charity is among those to have questioned the role of healthcare organisations the Care Quality Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, after the BBC Panorama programme broadcast on Monday evening once again caused outrage over care home abuse that regulators failed to uncover.

The latest shocking revelations about abuse of elderly people in the social care system raise unanswered questions about funding, training and leadership, writes Claudia Wood.

CARERS are preparing to strike amid fears their work will be privatised. Kirklees Council employees who provide daily help to more than 300 vulnerable adults have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.

New centres will support 6,000 children across Ashford, Thanet and Swale with conditions such as Down’s Syndrome, autism and cerebral palsy

A Wallsend care home is to be shut down as part of a bid to cut costs. North Tyneside Council hopes to save £500,000 by closing Dorset House, just off Station Road.

A live-in carer who punched a paralysed multiple sclerosis sufferer and left him in tears after harsh verbal and physical assaults has been struck off.

Children’s lives will be put at risk by the Coalition’s health reforms because confusion among new organisations could lead to another Baby P, NHS managers have warned.

A COALITION minister has turned down a plea from the North East to address a childcare crisis.

Footage of an Alzheimer’s sufferer being repeatedly beaten by a member of staff at a Kentish Town care home was screened last night.