A cure for dementia may be within our grasp, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Drug companies are confident that a cure for dementia may be found by as early

People facing a slow or undignified death should be able to choose how, where and when they die, the chief of a leading care home chain will argue in a

A CARER will be sentenced today after an 84-year-old woman with dementia nearly drowned in her care. The pensioner suffered brain damage when she became submerged in a bath at

THE MAN in charge of Oxfordshire children’s welfare during some of the ‘Bullfinch’ years is now overseeing an education department in Australia under fire over a school sex abuse scandal.

The number of people killed by mental health patients has fallen to its lowest level in a decade – figures released today show. Experts suggest the fall in homicide reflects

Norman Lamb will unveil plans to address the loophole in the system where providers responsible for failures in care can escape prosecution Directors in charge of care homes and hospitals

A NOTTS County Council social worker has received a prestigious national award for her support of people with mental health problems. Veronica Bell was presented with the Dignity in Care

Cash-strapped care workers will not be paid for travel times between appointments, after Richmond’s Conservatives refused a motion to change policy. Under contracts with Richmond Council, staff employed to provide

Six Labour-dominated councils are to develop schemes to fully integrate health and social care services as part of the party’s plans to devise a ‘new settlement’ for the NHS, shadow

Too many social workers are “colluding” with parents to make excuses for their children’s behaviour, troubled families tsar Louise Casey has said. Ms Casey said social workers had to be