Dozens of parents are waiting to discover whether their children were among those allegedly assaulted by a nursery worker charged with sexual abuse of those in her care.

A care home worker from East Yorkshire has been jailed for 10 months after emptying the bank account of a pensioner she was looking after.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism is calling on councils to improve the support they give young people with autism as they make the transition into adulthood.

A YORKSHIRE council’s children’s services department that was criticised in the wake of what was referred to as the British Josef Fritzl case has come under fire in a new report.

The debates, dithering and disruption about who is in the cabinet have been quite a spectacle. But it is a spectacle with a cost. Alongside changes in people and personalities, there is the linked likelihood of policy changes and changes in political priorities.

The health service faces an “unprecedented” £15bn shortfall which is likely to trigger job losses and service reorganisation as it is forced to get to grips with the “most severe contraction in finances it is ever likely to face”, NHS leaders will warn tomorrow.

The man who oversaw Kingston Council’s social services department for 15 years has retired. Roy Taylor was director of community services, looking after council housing, environmental health and community care before he retired on Friday.

International recruitment firm, Hays Plc, has launched a new arm to address the shortage of clinically-skilled social care candidates.

Local councils are failing young people with autism by not providing adequate support to help with the transition from school to adult life, leaving many vulnerable and in some cases with mental health problems, a report published today claims.

Social workers in Sheffield have too many cases to handle and two thirds of them are inexperienced, an internal review has found.