The failings in the Baby P case were caused by staff shortages, poor recruitment and a lack of awareness and communication among medical staff, a watchdog report has found
Councils in Wales are charging widely different amounts for home care services and using different financial assessments to decide who pays, a report has found
People nearing the end of their life should be allotted a single health or social care professional to ensure they receive co-ordinated and appropriate care, MPs have said
Northern Ireland Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has reiterated his commitment to free personal care for elderly people despite it being ‘currently unaffordable’
GPs and health professionals must do more to spot potential child abuse in the wake of the Baby Peter case, two government ministers have told a Commons committee
The chair of the new Care Quality Commission has promised the health and social care watchdog will be a ‘modern regulator’, conscious of the burden that regulation can place on providers
The forthcoming green paper on social care in England presents a chance to radically rethink the whole system, according to Phil Hope, the minister responsible
Proponents of ‘social insurance’ believe it is an answer to the huge policy challenge of caring for elderly people. But there is a fear that the recession might put an end to such radical...
Charities have called on politicians to ‘hang their heads in shame’ after official figures revealed that social services spending on elderly people fell last year
Help the Aged has urged the government to accelerate legislation to stop age discrimination after a survey showed that doctors believe the NHS is institutionally ageist
Older people are facing a worrying winter, with energy and food costs rising. But pensioners will be better off in 2009 if the government acts on a range of proposed policies, explains Gordon Lishman
Local variation in state-supported care for older people should be replaced by a national framework setting out minimum entitlements, according to a landmark report into the future of social care
Five council-provided adult social care services remain a ‘priority for improvement’ after receiving poor scores for the sixth year running, the social care watchdog has said
Complaints about public services are frequently the result of a breakdown in trust between people and service providers, Scotland's public services watchdog has claimed
The NHS Confederation has called on foundation trusts to bring forward investment projects to help stimulate the economy after figures showed they had a combined surplus of almost £400m
