Bonuses for doctors may alienate public says thinktank while Nuffield Trust also voices fears over hospital choice

CARE inspectors have been sent into an elderly people’s home after the Chronicle revealed a frail resident suffered broken bones when he wandered unnoticed from the property.

Nineteen of the most effective early intervention programmes should be supported and expanded, with a new body created to promote effective practice, a report published today (19 January) has said.

BASW’s chief executive has urged Barnardo’s to submit its hard-hitting report on sexual grooming to the Munro enquiry into child protection.

The coalition Government is all set to publish its Health and Social Care Bill later this week, which would see the biggest transformation of the NHS in its six decade long history. 

Prime Minister David Cameron vigorously defended radical government plans to overhaul the NHS on Monday as a necessary modernisation after health unions said the plans, being unveiled this week, were “potentially disastrous.”

The NSPCC has launched a guide for social workers to address the most common mistakes made when dealing with child protection cases.

People who pay for their social care are often disadvantaged by a lack of guidance, says research published today. By Melanie Henwood

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL has agreed to shut one care home temporarily and another permanently, leaving only one council-run home in north Kent for the next two years.

Barnado’s says a government minister needs to be made responsible for addressing the sexual exploitation of children.