A report outlined the findings of an independent review into the possible corruption and the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence case. Stephen Lawrence was murdered in London
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The number of under-18s admitted to adult mental health wards or treated on them is rising, figures show. Despite government pledges that the practice would be stamped out by 2010,
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Scotland’s social care watchdog says people across the country are more aware than ever of their rights when it comes to complaining about services. The regulator, which scrutinises care services
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Since the inception of the NHS, an ever-present challenge has been to improve integration of care within the health care system and with social care. Many people have complex and
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Would taxing property values be fairer than the Council Tax? The Council Tax is widely discredited. Would taxing property values be fairer and could such a tax help to reduce
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Women’s homelessness is a “sad chronicle of missed opportunities” to get the right help to women at the right time, says a new report report published today by St Mungo’s.
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Are older people in care homes missing out on quality time with staff because workers are preoccupied with paperwork? Care homes have to regularly complete more than 100 separate items
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Information on the numbers of children referred to and assessed by children’s social services for the year ending March 2013. The ‘Characteristics of Children in Need’ publication contains figures on
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Counting the Cuts is a new report by Dr Simon Duffy, Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform. The report is based on analysis of the latest statistics from the
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This new policy paper from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre argues that the NHS has become too dominated by quantitative and medically orientated notions of what constitutes
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