Articles by Date : January 01 2004 - January 31 2004

Claimants sleeping in bins and bus shelters as effects of section 55 bite
Asylum seekers are sleeping in rubbish bins, telephone boxes and bus shelters as a result of legislation introduced last January. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Child care first for housing association
A housing association has become the first to launch its own child care company to provide affordable nursery facilities in England. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

MPs hear bill to give carers more rights
A new bill for carers focusing on health, employment and life-long learning was unveiled last week. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Ward quits London development post
The chief executive of the London Development Agency, Michael Ward, is standing down after three and a half years in the post. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Bernard Moss describes the findings of a recent report on the work-life balance in family businesses run by people from ethnic minorities. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Friday 16 January 2004
Asylum is causing a crisis for NHS says Iraqi GP. more
(16 January 2004 09:57)

Training materials
Making Positive Connections - A Foundation for Working with People who have a Personality Disorder and The Intelligent Organisation. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Out of the shadows
The domestic violence bill has a radical flavour that has been broadly welcomed by survivor groups and charities. It promises to close loopholes,.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Room to breathe
Children with respiratory problems should not be condemned to lives on machines in hospital wards, says Chris Hanvey of Barnardo's. Instead the home.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Ready for a screen test
Edinburgh's social work department is the setting for a fly-on-the-wall documentary to be screened by the BBC. During filming the report into the.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Fathers' rights chief goes to commission
A leading fathers' rights campaigner has been appointed to the Equal Opportunities Commission, the government announced last week. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

'Utilities cut off may have caused death'
A pensioner whose body lay in his home undiscovered for up to 10 months may have died after his gas and electricity had been cut off, a coroner has.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Putting a price on health
The government is committed to patient choice. But the best is not usually the cheapest. Academic Brian Corby discusses the perils of the search for.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Projects prepare for job losses and closure as they await budget cuts
Valued services supported by the Children's Fund are under threat as the government plans to cut their budgets. Derren Hayes reports on why managers.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Asylum seeker dispersal highlights need for greater cultural awareness
Social workers in mainly white areas can find themselves trapped in a cultural bubble when asylum claimants arrive. But training to remedy this is.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Positive women fight negative reactions
This year women with HIV will come out into the open after years of remaining underground. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Society needs to value care work
Poor wages and too much stress are driving social workers out of the job. It's time they were paid better, writes Ian Wilson. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Wednesday 14 January 2004
Harold Shipman hangs himself Huntley inquiry begins more
(14 January 2004 10:08)

A bold feminist act
The new bill on domestic violence reflects a shift in public opinion that now sees abuse in the family as a matter of public concern. But it has.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Gunn on politics
People's health will not be improved by a dose of ministerial hectoring. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

At last, free from fear
Moraene Roberts had to fight poverty and poor services to keep her children. Now she is helping others. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

No one to complain to
Sir Ronald Waterhouse completed his inquiry into the abuse of children in north Wales children's homes in early 2000. He recommended every local.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Stop online predators
As many as one in five children who use chatrooms on the internet report that they have been approached by paedophiles online. more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Found and lost
People abandoned as babies have questions about their life histories that are almost impossible to answer. Terry Philpot reports on how foundlings.... more
(15 January 2004 00:00)

Welsh assembly votes for smacking ban
Welsh assembly members are backing calls for a ban on smacking children, writes Alex Dobson. more
(15 January 2004 16:22)

Organisations told to stop hiding behind data protection law
Measures designed to stop organisations using the Data Protection Act as “a false excuse for their own shortcomings”, were announced by the.... more
(15 January 2004 15:42)

Thursday 15 January 2004
Blunkett blocks Carr's early release. Byers says child care should be free for poor people. more
(15 January 2004 09:58)

New cash to help children's hearings cope with antisocial behaviour measures
The Scottish executive has allocated an extra £35 million to youth justice services to help the children's hearing system cope with the extra demands.... more
(09 January 2004 15:57)

London pay talks break down
Talks to resolve the London weighting dispute have broken down, writes Clare Jerrom. more
(13 January 2004 17:47)

Exclusive: Care Direct to be disbanded
Care Direct, the social care, health, housing and benefits advice service for older people set up in 2001, is to be disbanded, writes Katie Leason..... more
(14 January 2004 12:10)

Councils set to police private fostering
The government plans to give new duties to local authorities to monitor and police private fostering as part of next month’s Children’s Bill,.... more
(13 January 2004 16:30)

Children need someone to listen
Nearly four years after the Waterhouse report recommended all local authorities appoint a children's compaints officer, it has emerged that only a.... more
(13 January 2004 15:29)

Huntley inquiry begins
The public inquiry into the way Humberside and Cambridgeshire police forces handled information about Ian Huntley has begun in London, writes Sally.... more
(13 January 2004 15:58)

Children kept in 'special' cells more than 150 times
Special cells designed to hold disruptive young offenders exist in 13 juvenile prison establishments, despite assurances from the Home Office last.... more
(12 January 2004 17:28)

Wednesday 7 January 2004
Mother arrested following allegations she "sold" her baby. Inequality in dementia treatment more
(07 January 2004 10:19)

Tuesday 6 January 2004
Priest abused 18 boys. Jail watchdog to examine custody deaths. more
(06 January 2004 09:52)

Monday 12 January 2004
Boy arrested after schoolgirl is stabbed. New community care body created. more
(12 January 2004 10:00)

Tuesday 13 January 2004
Law on private fostering to be tightened. Vulnerable people denied aid, says church. more
(13 January 2004 09:57)

Child crime victims to benefit from new victims fund
Children and young people in England and Wales who are victims of crime stand to benefit from a new victims fund, to be paid for by surcharging.... more
(12 January 2004 18:31)

Children in school fruit scheme eating more fruit at home
Children who regularly eat fruit at school also eat more fruit outside school hours, according to a new survey. more
(12 January 2004 18:24)

Bullies to make amends
Children who bully others will be asked to make amends to their victims under a new restorative justice scheme in Scottish schools. more
(12 January 2004 18:22)

Care Commission investigates children's day care providers
Nearly a quarter of all complaints received by the Care Commission in its first year of operation in Scotland were against day care providers for.... more
(12 January 2004 18:17)

Internet blamed for increase in child pornography
A massive increase in child pornography in the last 10 years is likely to be linked to the growing demand for images on the internet, according to a.... more
(12 January 2004 14:58)

Internet blamed for increase in child pornography
A massive increase in child pornography in the last 10 years is likely to be linked to the growing demand for images on the internet, according to a.... more
(12 January 2004 18:15)

Former cabinet minister calls for 50 per cent increase in maternity pay
Maternity pay should be increased in order to give all mothers a choice over whether to work or stay at home, according to former cabinet minister.... more
(12 January 2004 18:08)

Care Commission investigates children's day care providers
Nearly a quarter of all complaints received by the Care Commission in its first year of operation in Scotland were against day care providers for.... more
(09 January 2004 16:17)

New bill for carers presented to parliament
A new bill for carers focusing on health, employment and life-long learning was announced, writes Amy Taylor. more
(09 January 2004 15:22)

It's about more than money
Audit Commission head James Strachan tellsMark Ivory why the public sector can deliver higher standards than the private sector and how he strongly.... more
(08 January 2004 00:00)

Catalogue of woe revealed in services
Mental health services remain inadequate in many areas because of staff shortages, under-investment and organisational change, the Commission for.... more
(08 January 2004 00:00)