POLICE are warning parents to be on their guard after a bogus social worker gained access to a child at his home in Beverley. The child’s mum allowed the female

A former chief social work adviser to the Scottish government is to lead an inquiry into a beleaguered children’s services department’s handling of cases involving child exploitation. Alexis Jay has

The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in NHS hospitals topped 50,000 last year, a four per cent rise on 2011/12 (from 48,600 to 50,400). Detentions in independent

New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show there was wide regional variation in the chosen method of contraception amongst those who attended NHS Contraceptive clinics.

Independent living to be encourage for adults with learning difficulties as city council tries to cut £52m from budget Residential care places for adults with disabilities could be cut and

The Care Bill has cleared the House of Lords after peers approved the legislation at third reading on 29 October 2013. The bill, which introduces a cap on the cost

The children’s charity’s annual report reveals that its income fell to £129.4m and its spending was £122.3m The NSPCC’s income fell by £6.3m to £129.4m during the year until March

Social care charity Avante Partnership has launched a £5m charity bond to build a new 75-bed freehold care home for people living with dementia on the Isle of Sheppey. The

The charity Macmillan Cancer Support has called for the Government to make social care free for the terminally ill. In a report published today, the third sector organisation has called

Sharon Shoesmith, who was director of children’s services at Haringey Council when Baby P was killed, has agreed on the terms of her payout with her former employers The former