The care system has been among the issues most commonly raised by people contacting the BBC's Your Voice Your Vote during the election...

The main parties have made their social care plans clear.  The Liberal Democrats have pledged an £8bn package for health and care...

The National Audit Office identified “significant risks” to the Department of Health and Social Care’s capacity to deliver the reforms to...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that nearly 135,000 people had an outstanding debt due to overpayments of...

Labour is still committed to implementing the cap on care costs and related reforms to adult social care charging, according to Shadow...

As we get older, most of us experience some memory problems now and again. Being forgetful or getting confused doesn’t necessarily mean...

In a report to mark the tenth anniversary  to it becoming law, the Local Government Association claims it has laid a foundation for...

1 in 10 UK adults have started making a will but haven’t finished it and 32% say they haven’t made a will because they don’t know how to...

Satisfaction with the NHS has dropped significantly since 2022, by 5 percentage points. Since 2020, satisfaction has seen an...

A visually impaired man has said he had "never felt so alone" as he waited for support after his sight deteriorated. Terry Quinn, from...

One in nine councils with social services responsibilities are getting emergency government help to enable them to balance their books....

Television presenter Kate Garraway has spoken of her huge debts from her husband Derek Draper's care bills. He died from the long-term...