Inspectorates are now being set up to examine standards in hospitals and council housing.

ECONOMIST: Social services

It is the first time information from inspectorates of services including health, social care and the police has been pooled in this way.

BBC: Elderly people

It is a repeat of the inspectorates' first Safeguarding Children report in 2002, which found all agencies accepted their responsibility to ensure that children were safeguarded but this was not always reflected in practice.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Children in care 'being failed'