3 h. ago Nasty Victorian disease sweeping the UK poised to wreak havoc on schools and care homes and can infect at ‘just a touch’

Schools and care homes could soon be under siege from a highly contagious Victorian disease, scientists have warned. Leading public health experts fear there could be a "substantial increase" in outbreaks of the condition, that can cause nightmare attacks of itching. Scabies, caused by microscopic mites that burrow into the skin, easily spreads if people are in...

Politics

18 h. ago My secret weapon for winning care home funding worth £25k for my elderly mother

When Andy Machin's mother Lily developed Alzheimer's in her 70s, he knew the next few years would be emotionally challenging.

Economics

33 h. ago Robins will come 'right up to your window' if fed 5 kitchen scraps

Robins are a common sight in British gardens in winter, and the RSPCA says there is an easy method to help them out without spending any money at all

Politics

51 h. ago Yorkshire care home boss allegedly 'told girls to wear nighties' before abuse, court hears

Malcolm Phillips, 92, is accused of sexually abusing children at Skircoat Lodge Care Home in Halifax, West Yorkshire, between 1976 and 1994

Events

3 d. ago Now Scots grooming gangs are smuggling phones into children's care homes to prey on vulnerable youngsters

A senior Scottish care worker has told how grooming gangsare now smuggling phones into children's care homes to make contact with vulnerable youngsters.

Society

4 d. ago Welsh village erupts in fury over plans to house 70 asylum seekers in a former care home as 500 locals queue up to protest

Police officers kept watch and patrolled Rhosllanerchrugog, near Wrexham, today as around 500 locals queued for the packed public meeting.

Events

5 d. ago Hundreds of vulnerable children placed in illegal care homes amid ‘broken system’

Ofsted said it had begun nearly 900 investigations into potential unregistered homes

Society

5 d. ago Hundreds of children placed in illegal care homes because of chilling failures

A damning report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee warned that the use of unregistered care homes for children is widespread despite the Government vowing to stamp this out by 2027

Events

5 d. ago Evil former nun who abused children at Scottish care homes jailed

The sick pattern of abusive behaviour also included locking one child in a cupboard and another in an unlit cellar without access to water

Events

6 d. ago AD FEATURE: Family claims back £40,000 in wrongly paid care home fees

The Pearsons were not made aware of NHS Continuing Healthcare funding and took on full responsibility for covering the care fees

Society

6 d. ago Police probe huge fire which destroyed historic building worth hundreds of thousands

Six fire crews were sent to Gwastad Hall in Cefn-y-bedd, Flintshire, after the alert was raised on Monday morning at the former care home

Events

7 d. ago Prestwick care home given clean bill of health after unannounced spot check

The care home, on Monkton Road, was graded ‘good’ across one quality indicator and ‘very good’ across another.

Society

7 d. ago One in four UK teenagers in care have attempted to end their lives, study says

Research also shows teenagers in care are four times more likely to try to end their lives than peers with no care historyOne in four teenagers in care have attempted to end their own life, and are four times more likely to do so than their peers with no care experience, according to a landmark study.The research analysed data from the millennium cohort study, which follows the lives of 19,000 people born in the UK between 2000 and 2002, and considered how out of home care, including foster, residential and kinship care, affected the social and mental health outcomes of the participants. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Fire rips through building near care home as locals 'wake up to bangs'

One resident said she woke up to "bangs and explosions" due to the fire that has been burning overnight near a care home in Kirkintilloch.

Events

8 d. ago Migrant who entered UK saying he was a health worker was found working in a curry house: Probe as thousands abuse 'NHS visas'

Ijaj Abid Redwan Hridoy arrived here on a health care visa but Home Office immigration enforcement officers found him working at the Junoon Indian restaurant in the village of Helsby in Cheshire.

Events

1 week ago Major boost to 'lifeline' support as top minister makes adult social care vow

Health minister Stephen Kinnock said the Government is ramping up funding for at-home support while a major commission into the adult social care system is carried out

Politics

1 week ago Scotland Weather LIVE: Flights cancelled, schools closed and more snow forecast as Storm Goretti wreaks havoc

A yellow alert is in force for most of Scotland today.

Society

2 w. ago Depraved children's care home worker jailed after grooming and raping vulnerable girls

Alexander “Sandy” Boyd was convicted grooming, assault and rape, after a trial into historic sex abuse in Oban.

Society

2 w. ago Lanarkshire’s health and social care chief officers thank families helping loved ones return home safely from hospital

As hospital and community services continue to manage winter pressures, both health and social care partnerships are working closely with NHS Lanarkshire hospital staff using the Discharge without Delay approach.

Society

2 w. ago First patients to get NHS care AT HOME as ‘online hospital set to open its doors’ – are you eligible?

MENOPAUSE and prostate patients will be some of the first to use the new NHS “online hospital” next year. The completely remote clinics will launch in 2027 and treat people through the NHS app, phone and video calls and at-home monitoring gadgets. It will replace face-to-face appointments as standard in a bid to speed up...

Science