A recent court ruling has set a precedent for the duty of care by local authorities to vulnerable adults in the community.

The Department of Health has issued guidelines ahead of changes to the Mental Health Act that come into effect on November 3rd.

People with learning disabilities face unnecessary suffering and even death because of failings in the health service, an independent report warns.
 

A murderer who killed two women in a frenzied attack as they slept in a nursing home was today jailed for a minimum of 24 years.

At least five children were illegally placed in care on Jersey by Birmingham social services, which then lost track of them.

When the first state pension was paid, there was widespread celebration. David Lloyd George, Charles Booth and the other founding fathers were certain that their reforms would end poverty in old age.

Violence has for the first time overtaken shoplifting as the most common crime by women, according to annual statistics released yesterday.

Charred remains from at least five children have been discovered in the cellars of a former children’s home in Jersey, but a murder inquiry is unlikely due to difficulties in dating the remains, police said.

The UK’s largest union Unite has outlined a three-point plan to improve the country’s mental health services.

The UK’s largest union Unite has outlined a three-point plan to improve the country’s mental health services.