Rough sleeping across Britain is predicted to jump by three quarters (76%) over the next decade, a national charity for homeless people has warned. Around 9,100 people were sleeping rough
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Families who pay for overnight care for loved ones with a learning disability could be forced to find tens of thousands of pounds in back pay for carers, a charity
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Modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is much more prevalent than previously thought, with cases affecting “every large town and city in the country”, the National Crime Agency
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This survey of organisations providing specialist palliative care services to care homes highlights the good work they do and identifies the key challenges they face. The report, commissioned by Public
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A London council which took too long to assess a vulnerable woman’s needs has been asked by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to pay nearly £20,000 in care
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Investigations into abuse of mental health patients have nearly doubled in three years, according to a report. An analysis of NHS figures obtained by The Times through Freedom of Information
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The UK should double the amount of refugees it takes in under resettlement programmes, the United Nations has urged. A senior official at the UN’s refugee agency said accepting around
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Richard Banks shares some ideas being considered by the Residential Forum for a neighbourhood approach to designing models of residential and supported living. How did social care get to be
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A senior NHS official has admitted some mental health patients can face “very, very long delays” before leaving hospital after it emerged 19 individuals have been waiting more than two
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Homeless people are being harassed by warnings they could be fined for leaving their belongings in doorways in Oxford, the Green Party’s Larry Sanders has said. Notices citing the Anti-Social
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