Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has made “significant improvements” to how it understands and investigates child sexual exploitation, but needs to make sure investigators have the necessary skills for ...

The safety of children at a nursery in Hyde has been ‘compromised’, Ofsted bosses said following a damning inspection. Thorncliffe Barn bosses did not properly vet new staff; had ineffective ...

Changes to the integrated care boards outlined in leaked documents pose a “threat” to the protection of vulnerable people, an executive director of adult ...

Parents of children who have been rejected from their Secondary School choices have spoken to LancsLive about their ...

A big UK summer of women’s sport is upon us.  Tennis kicked things off, with Tatjana Maria becoming the first woman since ...

Safeguarding the windows to the soul Premium On cataract surgeries and the urgent need for access, brain and spine innovations, maternal health amidst rising heat, sickle cell care and more ...

Mental health services in Manchester have faced “crisis after crisis” and preventable patient deaths due to underfunding and “lack of compassion”, NHS workers have said. A group of employees at ...

Warrington Council's adult social care services have been rated as requiring improvement by inspectors, with concerns raised around its "complex" safeguarding processes. The Care Quality ...

In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 70% of individuals over 65 will need long-term care at some point, making proper planning a necessity to prevent future ...

Latest figures show 621,880 referrals were made to children's social care last year, slightly fewer than last year, but councils are spending more per child prompting fresh calls for "sufficient ...

Safeguarding concerns about disabled children may arise for practitioners working in any type of children’s social work team. This includes front door referrals (of children who may or may not already ...

According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. This indirectly affects day-to-day functioning in ...