A DISGRUNTLED staff member at a Moss Bank care home has hit out at proposals to close the unit.

BASW has renewed calls for a fairer distribution of cash between health and social care so that more money is invested in improving care for older people living at home.

Report reveals a positive link between moving people with severe learning difficulties from institutional to community care

Angela Barnes, the winner of BBC Radio 2’s New Comedy Award, has said she feels “vindicated” by her success, claiming some critics complained she had only made the final because the Corporation needed a female in the line-up.

Twenty-three carers across Lancashire have been dismissed or are under investigation for abusing and mistreating patients, it has been revealed.

Vulnerable children in Kent may still be exposed to risks despite the efforts by social services chiefs to address serious failings in a damning Ofsted inspection.

Charities have cautiously welcomed the government line that the personalisation of services will be at the heart of its public service reforms, which are due to be announced next month.

Care for the elserly at their own homes are “seriously failing” and in many cases violate the basic human rights of the elderly, a report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found.

A REVIEW of care homes in York is to be carried out because of concerns about the quality of some of the city’s facilities.

A residential hospital for vulnerable adults near Bristol where alleged abuse was secretly filmed by the BBC Panorama programme is to close on Friday.