THE owners and manager of a Yorkshire care home at the centre of an abuse probe have denied any wrongdoing and say they have nothing to hide.

A group of MPs is to undertake an inquiry into the quality and supply of training for children and families’ social workers.

FURIOUS Doncaster councillors last night slammed the “arrogance” of their chief officers and accused them of covering up reports which drew attention to failings in the borough’s child protection service.

JUST weeks after being recognised for her commitment to championing dignity for dementia sufferers, the manager of a Sutton on Sea care home has been suspended.

Some of the most vulnerable people in society will be better protected against abuse and poor care as a result of new legislation coming into force today.

Care for the elderly and infirm could be threatened by the recession as care homes come under pressure to cut costs, the head of a new “super-regulator” told The Times.

Two reports produced today by the Healthcare Commission suggest older people are often denied access to the full range of mental health services available to younger adults and that improvements are needed to adult community specialist mental health services.

FOR years he lived in utter isolation, was refused life-saving insulin if he misbehaved and treated like a slave by those who were meant to love him most.

A crucial meeting has been arranged after members of a civil rights action group formed a blockade outside the city council’s social services department in Birmingham.

A Surrey social worker who had sex with a teenage girl has been struck off. Thomas Ritzler was jailed for two years and four months at Guildford Crown Court last November for sleeping with the 14-year-old.