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?

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.

A government review into the funding of long term care for the elderly is to recommend individuals pay no more than £50,000, according to reports.

A NEW care provider has been appointed by St Helens Council to take over the domiciliary care work for around 250 sick and elderly people across the borough.

Swingeing frontloaded government cuts to council funding have led to an average 8.4% cut in budgets for adult social care budgets this year. This could be a devastating blow to a care system which is now in crisis, Labour Shadow Ministers have said today.