ADULT health and social care could be heading towards a “crisis” if changes are not made to the system soon, north Norfolk’s MP has warned.

A BIRMINGHAM care home was fined £66,000 after an elderly resident died following a fall in which she fractured her pelvis.

The social services boss sacked over the death of Baby P has told how she contemplated killing herself over the scandal.

Lincolnshire social services made no mistakes in the case of a woman who left her toddler son home alone – a review has found.

Birmingham City Council has been ordered to make “robust and sustained” improvements to its children’s social care services following the deaths of 15 youngsters from abuse and neglect.

A senior doctor is to be put in charge of overseeing dementia care in every hospital in England as part of a government drive to improve diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

A PROJECT to help firefighters in East Yorkshire spot signs of child abuse could be rolled out nationally following its success.

No quick fix exists for a shortage of social workers in West Sussex – said to be the main reason why the county’s child-protection services were labelled ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted inspectors.

Families and patients face a postcode lottery when it comes to selling their homes to pay for care home costs, new research has revealed.

The manager of a Somerset care home has been charged with murdering three of her elderly residents. Rachel Baker, 44, a registered nurse, was charged in connection with the deaths of Francis Hay, Marion Alder and Lucy Cox at Parkfields care home near Glastonbury. She is also facing 11 counts of possessing a controlled drug, thought to be morphine.