The National Gold Standards Framework Centre, the provider of the UK’s largest end of life care training programme for care homes, has welcomed news of its endorsement by the National Skills Academy for Social Care.

A care home worker has been suspended following two incidents at Workington’s Amathea Care Home.

The closure of a specialist unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary resulted in mental health patients being sent to A&E.

BUREAUCRATS and politicians appointed to sort out Birmingham’s failing children’s social services have been accused of “not living in the real world”.

Two nursing homes in Sheffield are likely to close if part of their annual funding is withdrawn by the city’s NHS health board.

More vulnerable children will die at the hands of their parents because of funding cuts, the disgraced former children’s services boss Sharon Shoesmith has warned.

West Midlands Police have arrested a 20-year-old male nursery assistant on suspicion of child abuse.

A social worker has been removed from the General Social Care Council’s register for defrauding a service user.

Children’s social workers should have immediate access to paediatricians when they have child protection concerns, according to the Royal College for Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

Frontline social workers should work alongside managers to identify which parts of the Integrated Children’s System (ICS) can be scrapped.