Hospitals are “falling short” on providing proper care to dying people in their final days and hours, a new review has found. There are “significant” variations in care provided by
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Statistics released by Cafcass show the number of care applications received per 10,000 child population – the rate of care applications – by each local authority (LA) in England with
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have agreed new processes to transfer enquiries, saying that this will make it easier for the public to complain
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Elderly victims of domestic violence may experience more frequent or increased intensity of abuse, according to overhauled guidance for criminal prosecutors. New draft guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS),
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A cap on the cost of residential care will help few pensioners and those that do hit the trigger are likely to have already spent around £140,000 on being looked
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A Labour government would put an extra £100 million into GP surgeries in England to pay for an additional three million appointments a year and guarantee NHS patients can see
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More than three million deaths worldwide in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol – and Europe is the region with the highest consumption of alcohol per capita, according
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Less than a third of adults think they would not be accepted as foster carers. Asked if they were to try and become foster parents in the next two years,
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Workers on zero hours contracts are often afraid to look for other jobs and feel excluded from the sense of security given to full-time employees, according to a new study.
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Revelations of historic abuse have been “shaming” for everyone involved in running boarding schools, according to a leading headmaster. Ray McGovern, chairman of the Boarding Schools Association (BSA), said such
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