Survey examines how local authorities are responding to funding cuts

The government’s NHS reforms could weaken child protection arrangements and damage the health of children in care, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

A third of councils either no longer have a director of children’s services (DCS) or are planning to change the role, research has revealed.

A quarter of NHS hospitals visited by the health watchdog are failing even to provide basic standards of care for elderly people.

More than 23,000 sex offences against children were logged by police in England and Wales last year, according to research by the NSPCC.

Elderly residents being moved out when their care home and respite centre closes in less than three months have accused Kent County Council (KCC) of ignoring the needs of the older community.

Why are local authorities refusing to help children being trafficked for sex?

PLANS to start a new body to manage adult social services and Barnet Homes were given the go-ahead last night. Councillors claim the new local authority trading company is necessary because of a change in the way cash is allocated to people.

Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, while omitting British Pregnancy Advisory Service

A team of experts from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) is to lead a national response to the issue of missing children, the government has announced.