AP Care Homes has been restricted by Ofsted from caring for vulnerable children twice in three months over safeguarding issues. Now its owner has conceded that she is currently unable to protect the young people in her care from harm
Social Care
'Years of fragmented funding and the absence of a clear roadmap has brought the adult social care sector to its knees' according to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee
NHS doctor David Oliver examines the evidence of ever-increasing use of provision from private healthcare companies that bring a profit motive to the service
An extraordinary intervention for the second time in three months in the care home owned by glamour model Ampika Pickston and funded by West Ham owner
A systematic reduction of funds to some of the poorest parts of England leaves many of the most needed public services at risk of collapse
Private equity companies - many with connections to the Conservative Party - have been buying up large swathes of the public sector, including care homes, schools and GP surgeries. Special schools appear to be the latest hot property
Every one of us will experience illness, damage, impairment, disability and, inevitably, old age, writes Penny Pepper
A children’s home funded by billionaire West Ham United Chairman David Sullivan, and run by his glamour model partner Ampika Pickston, is operating again after Ofsted inspectors heavily criticised its care – leading to a fierce attack on the watchdog by the reality TV star
When a care home for vulnerable children funded by billionaire West Ham United Chairman David Sullivan, and run by his OnlyFans model reality TV star partner Ampika Pickston, had its registration suspended over safeguarding issues, it led to a strange chain of events and legal threats to this newspaper
Penny Pepper reflects on the concerning and uplifting behaviours she witnessed during her four-week stay in hospital this summer