Board member tells public inquiry into Mid Staffordshire trust scandal that NHS watchdog is ‘badly led with no clear strategy’

The Care Quality Commission is in a bad state, argues Terry Philpot, but it hasn’t been given many tools to work with

Four out of five people (83 per cent) think people with dementia and their carers need more help and support yet almost as many (72 per cent) fear dementia care could fall victim to cuts.

The British Association of Social Workers is urging members to take a more radical approach to social change; for example, by working with service users and refusing to do additional administrative tasks that have been foisted on them due to cuts in back office support.

Care home entrepreneur Phil Burgan has warned of a crisis in the elderly care market as the cost of looking after old people becomes unsustainable.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a commitment to double the number of free childcare places for two-year-olds.

Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children’s homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.

A HOME care provider in Wood Green has been warned it must make urgent improvements by a health and social care watchdog.

Many older people dying alone without family or friends willing or able to pay for burials and cremations, charity claims

REPORTS of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults in Hampshire have nearly tripled over the last three years, latest figures show.