Voluntary sector organisations must be more consistently involved in policy decisions about children’s services if the government is serious about improving them, according to a report by the chief executives body Acevo.

Ceop completes six-month exercise gathering data on the targeting, grooming and abuse of children

More money and expertise will be ploughed in to dementia research in the hope of moving closer to finding a cure or better treatment for the millions of families affected by this devastating condition, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today.

A CARE home worker accused of ill-treating and assaulting two elderly patients has had her name cleared.

The Dilnot report on funding older people’s care is expected soon. Will politicians take up its likely proposal for the state to contribute more?

AN organisation claiming to represent 60 per cent of the county’s care home providers has warned that a county council funding offer is unacceptable.

Government plans for women to receive compulsory counselling ‘independently’ will delay treatments, charities say

A NURSING home assistant is behind bars after a court heard how she tightened a skirt around an 80-year-old resident’s throat and threatened her.

The system of care for the elderly will face “catastrophic” breakdown if politicians are not prepared to work together to back painful long-term reform, experts warn today.

The number of children subject to a child protection plan in Bexley is still on the rise after a surge in referrals following the publicity surrounding the Baby Peter case in autumn 2008.