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Conduct hearing for Scunthorpe social worker
A Scunthorpe social worker accused of having inappropriate physical contact with service users faces a conduct hearing next week.
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(24 January 2007 14:47)
Lawyers baulk at latest reform plans
Revised plans to reform family legal aid, due next month, look unlikely to quell opposition from solicitors who claim it will drive many of them out.... more
(24 January 2007 00:00)
YoungMinds gains lottery award
Cash-strapped mental health charity YoungMinds has received a double funding boost but needs more, according to chief executive Barbara Herts. more
(24 January 2007 00:00)
Social enterprises given £75m boost
The Department of Health will spend £73m over the next four years promoting social enterprises in social care and health.
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(25 January 2007 00:00)
Scots seek to tackle parental drug spree
A Scottish parliament think-tank is to look at new ways to tackle substance misuse after concerns about how parental drug use affects children. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Welsh council chiefs axed in cash crisis
Senior managers at Vale of Glamorgan social services have lost their jobs as the department's funding crisis bites. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Olive branch offered over compulsion
The government has suggested it may compromise on plans to extend compulsory community treatment in the Mental Health Bill. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Surrey braced for three-day strike
Surrey Council is facing a three-day strike next month over its 2 per cent pay offer to staff. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Scotland drops data sharing measures
Measures to improve information sharing among professionals and broaden checks on volunteers working with vulnerable people have been scrapped by the.... more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Councils look forward to combining with trusts on health and social care
Councils and primary care trusts will be required to work together to produce strategic assessments of the health and social care needs of their.... more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Peer seeks law to stop a 'social evil'
A bill seeking to prevent forced marriage is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday (26 January). more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Review to cost full service provision
Derek Wanless's review of mental health is to put a cost on the full implementation of the government's key policies for the sector, according to the.... more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Information out of date, MPs report
About 40 per cent of a sample of Department for Work and Pensions information leaflets are out of date, MPs said this week. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Peter Clarke: children's champion
Tributes have flowed in for Peter Clarke, the children's commissioner for Wales, who has died aged 58 following a battle with cancer. more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Justice ministry idea welcomed
The potential split of the Home Office could have "significant advantages" for the criminal justice system a leading crime reduction campaigner said.... more
(25 January 2007 00:00)
Widespread prejudice against people with disabilities revealed by survey
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(24 January 2007 09:49)
Ruth Kelly spearheads bill to involve councils in health sector
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, despite stiff opposition.
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(24 January 2007 09:55)
Physical Disabilities
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Welfare Rights
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Supporting People can be measured using Every Child Matters indicators
The effectiveness of the Supporting People programme could be measured under the same five outcome indicators as those used in the children’s.... more
(23 January 2007 16:00)
Scottish health chiefs scrutinise drug treatment services
The Scottish's executive's health committee is meeting today to look at the effectiveness of the nation's drug treatment and rehabilitation services. more
(23 January 2007 15:33)
Substance Misuse
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(21 January 2007 14:38)
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Welfare Rights
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Benefits leaflets are confusing, say MPs
Leaflets produced by the Department for Work and Pensions often use language that can only be understood by people with above average levels of.... more
(23 January 2007 13:16)
Forced marriage bill due for second reading
A bill seeking to prevent forced marriage is due to receive its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday. more
(23 January 2007 12:38)
Blair launches Respect zones to help towns fight antisocial behaviour
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(23 January 2007 09:54)
Tributes paid: children's commissioner for Wales dies
Peter Clarke, the children’s commissioner for Wales, died yesterday, following a battle with cancer.
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(22 January 2007 12:24)
Respect areas to tackle antisocial behaviour named
The first 40 Respect areas that will receive extra cash to tackle antisocial behaviour were announced today by home secretary John Reid. more
(22 January 2007 13:18)
Councils and NHS required to link up over local social care and health needs
Councils will be required to work with primary care trusts to produce a strategic assessment of the health and social care needs of the local area,.... more
(22 January 2007 17:41)
Domestic Violence
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(13 January 2007 17:28)
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Practice - Domestic Violence more
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Management
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Case Studies
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Good Practice Schemes
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