Two women have gone on trial accused of the ill-treatment and neglect of elderly residents in a care home. Kathryn Mary Broadley, 59, and Tina Taylor, 53, are alleged to have ill-treated five elderly women aged between 77 and 90 at Sycamore House Care Home, in Wawne Road, Bransholme.

THE man in charge of all council-run children’s homes in Salford is facing the sack after being accused of gross misconduct. Mike Kelly is due to attend a disciplinary hearing in the near future.

New powers are to be introduced to enable the justice secretary, Jack Straw, to send in a team of experts to take over failing youth offending teams with powers to remove ineffective staff.

TWO senior officers in Wirral Council’s social services department – suspended from work for nine months after a Globe report into an alleged cover up of serious financial abuse of vulnerable people – are set for a shock return to work this week.

The long awaited social care green paper proposes reforms including a new ‘national care service’, but what are the implications and where will the money come from?

The UK will play a leading role in coordinated European action to tackle dementia from today (22 July 2009).
A new initiative launched by the European Commission has adopted proposals to tackle Alzheimer’s disease, dementias and other neurodegenerative conditions.  The UK is one of ten countries that will lead research aimed at tackling shared health and social care problems.

Telecare, equipment and services that support people in their own homes, can help to meet demands from a rapidly rising elderly population and ever increasing costs.

THE Sue Ryder Care Centre in Ely is facing the prospect of closure after it was announced this week that the economic downturn has left it short of the vital funds needed to upgrade the building.

A watchdog has issued guidance to help healthcare workers spot early signs of child abuse to avoid another Baby P. Experts say the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence advice could mean more referrals of children who may not be at risk.

A TODDLER raped and murdered by her uncle may be alive today had the authorities heeded warning signs about her home life, according to a damning report.