The number of safeguard applications to deprive people of their liberty has risen for the third year running new figures show. Nearly 12,000 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications were

Bupa today made a further step into the care village sector by acquiring Richmond Care Villages. Richmond currently owns and operates five care villages in England which are home to

A new dementia assessment unit has opened in Carlisle today. The £2.6 million Ruskin Unit at the Carleton Clinic has been designed to provide a calm and safe environment for

A Conservative-controlled council in the Midlands are considering radical plans that would force the parents of children taken into care to pay or make contributions towards the cost of the

A HEALTH and social care charity based in Widnes has announced its ambition to become the leading group in its field in coming years. Community Integrated Care revealed the goal

A FORMAL consultation which began on Monday could see 4,800 people across Cornwall paying more to receive adult care from the county council. The authority is re-evaluating what people pay

A CARER who stole £7,000 from an elderly couple with learning difficulties will only have to pay back £500. Lesley Carter, 27, stole money from the bank accounts of Richard

ELEVEN people have today been arrested following an investigation into the death of an 86-year-old woman who died shortly after moving out of a care home in Nottingham. Ivy Atkin,

Police have reopened a 10-year-old investigation into sexual abuse at a former County Durham detention centre, which saw two staff jailed. Church minister Neville Husband, who worked at Medomsley juvenile

The chair of Amnesty International UK has resigned after making a series of jokes about mental health on his Twitter page. Ciarnan Helferty, 26, made the comments over a number