Hardeep Matharu, Editor of Byline Times, explains why the May 2024 print edition focuses on the denial of human rights and basic care to people with learning disabilities
Social Care
Hardeep Matharu, Editor of Byline Times, explains why the cover story of the May 2024 print edition is one which must urgently be told
A parent carer to a severely disabled woman explains just how difficult life can be – and just how little help and support is available
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
'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