Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the retired judge appointed by the Home Office to probe allegations of child sex abuse by MP’s, has stepped down from the inquiry following widespread concern about her
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Health officials have said they need to take “urgent action” to improve children’s access to mental health services. Recently concerns have been raised about the services available across England. Leading
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A row has broken out over the closure of Leicester’s Fosse Court Care Home, with the owners claiming they were subject to “inappropriate pressure” by inspectors. Central to the problems
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Covering-up child abuse should be made a criminal offence, says the head of the NSPCC Peter Wanless. The child protection charity’s chief executive, who is leading a review into how
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Criminal justice agencies, including the courts and police, are to be subjected to in-depth reviews to find out how they treat victims, it has been announced. The reviews have been
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Vulnerable patients are to be given control of taxpayers’ cash to fund their own treatment in the community under a plan to save money and keep them out of hospitals,
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Concerns have been raised about choice of a former High Court judge to oversee the Government’s inquiry into allegations of an establishment cover-up of child sex abuse. Baroness Butler-Sloss (pictured)
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Six per cent of people in need of adult social care feel socially isolated and have little contact with friends, family or neighbours, according a survey from the Health and
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Following a recent whistleblowing incident, three members of staff have been suspended from work, pending a police investigation, at MacIntyre’s School at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire. Sarah Burslem, Managing Director, said “After
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Fourteen charities which provide services in Cornwall will have funding stopped in July affecting hundreds of vulnerable adults across the county. Some of the providers affected include Cornwall Stroke Support,
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