Anne McGuire, the minister for disabled people, has launched a consultation aimed at getting people with physical and learning disabilities good employment opportunities.

The GSCC is concerned at the poor standards of services provided for people with learning disabilities reported today in the Healthcare Commission’s audit of services.

The city council has agreed to set up a special committee to make recommendations on the provision of adult social care.

A father who stabbed a social worker six times in the back has failed in an appeal to cut his indefinite jail sentence.

The government today promised a comprehensive review of the controversial eligibility criteria which determine services for older people.

The government will today tell local authorities to use their purchasing power to drive out of business any care home proprietor who fails to provide older people with a quality service, delivered with dignity and respect.

Five members of staff have been suspended from their jobs at an adult day centre in Cornwall, amid allegations of abuse.

A Sheffield care worker accused of sexually assaulting an elderly dementia patient told a jury he had not touched the woman, saying: “If somebody touched my mother or mother-in-law like that I would be very annoyed.”

A £3 Million housing scheme for people with autism is to open in a South Yorkshire village next year.

Most people with mental health problems are routinely subjected to physical and sexual abuse or theft by their neighbours, a new study indicates.