Articles by Date : March 01 2007 - March 31 2007

Society failing young people, says ex-Labour MP King
Former Labour MP Oona King said today society was failing young people by denying them opportunities, breeding alienation and violence. more
(14 March 2007 07:58)

Patricia Hewitt orders inquiry following Mencap report on NHS deaths
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has called for an independent inquiry into healthcare for people with learning difficulties, following a Mencap.... more
(12 March 2007 07:57)

The Mental Health Bill: special report
Our special report on the Mental Health Bill more
(15 March 2007 07:52)

MPs prepare for renewed struggle in Commons over peers' amendments
The Mental Health Bill completed its passage through the House of Lords last week with peers defeating the government on six key areas of the.... more
(15 March 2007 07:50)

GSCC launches debate on role of profession in England
A consultation into the function of social work in England is launched today, posing key questions about the roles, tasks and value of the profession. more
(14 March 2007 15:50)

Continuing care guides for primary care trusts specify NHS compensation
The Department of Health has published revised guidance on how the NHS should compensate people wrongly denied fully-funded long-term care, meeting.... more
(14 March 2007 14:39)

Profile: Young People's Substance Misuse Service, Bristol
A project based inside a young offender institution educates teenagers with drug or alcohol issues. Now it has won a Community Care award, reports.... more
(15 March 2007 00:19)

Rules to be relaxed on schools spending
The government has proposed relaxing the rules around the spending of schools’ budgets to enable the money to fund more services supporting the Every.... more
(15 March 2007 00:31)

Government launches inquiry after Lewis speaks of NHS 'indifference'
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has admitted there is "systemic indifference" towards people with learning difficulties in the health service after.... more
(15 March 2007 00:26)

Bipolar affective disorder. Practice Panel advises...
A man with bipolar affective disorder who resigned from his job on health grounds now feels a social outcast. Our panel advises more
(15 March 2007 00:12)

Commissioners in local authorities, NHS and prisons to gain voluntary sector training
Two thousand public sector commissioners in councils, the NHS, job centres, prisons and probation will receive training on understanding the third.... more
(14 March 2007 12:03)

Learning difficulties: people's experience of bullying, hate crime and abuse
People with learning difficulties and crime reduction agencies often use different words to describe violence, says Joanna Perry more
(15 March 2007 00:59)

Child protection: Working Together in the South West
Managing a commission to produce shared child protection procedures for 11 local authorities could have proved a logistical headache. Barry Raynes.... more
(15 March 2007 00:54)

Open Forum
Prospective foster carers should be subject to human resources-style recruitment processes, writes Anna C Young more
(15 March 2007 00:38)

Victoria Hull, Care Leavers Association, talks to Simeon Brody
Having been in care herself, Victoria Hull of the Care Leavers Association tells Simeon Brody where the Care Matters green paper can be improved more
(15 March 2007 00:30)

Opinion: Child Support Agency woe: it was ever thus, writes Peter White
Sometimes the sense of déjà vu in my job is overwhelming. Fourteen years ago I sat in a BBC South studio taking a succession of phone calls from.... more
(15 March 2007 00:11)

Dad who killed tot gets life
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(14 March 2007 11:05)

Frontlines: Impact of assessment on children
The education system is so driven by fear of failure it is easy to lose sight of the effects of tests on children, writes Helen Bonnick more
(15 March 2007 00:43)

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers: should they be treated differently?
The government's plans for unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been given a frosty reception by some as they fail to offer the same protections.... more
(15 March 2007 00:36)

This Life: Attitude problem
Anika Baddeley's experiences have given her a real insight into people's "hierarchy of disability" more
(15 March 2007 00:10)

Simon Heng on GP-commissioning of social care
A service user's view of social care more
(15 March 2007 10:04)

DH guilty of maladministration, parliamentary watchdog finds
The parliamentary watchdog today found the Department of Health guilty of maladministration for the way it advised the NHS on how to compensate.... more
(14 March 2007 09:58)

No benefit or harm in treatment orders'
A major government-commissioned study into the international experience of mental health community treatment orders has found it impossible to say.... more
(15 March 2007 09:54)

Changes must be backed, says Young Minds'
The government will struggle to reject an amendment from peers that stops children being placed in adult wards, says charity Young Minds. more
(15 March 2007 10:43)

If you ask me...Elizabeth Evans
Elizabeth Evans has cerebral palsy and is a member of drumming group Krash, Bang, Wallop, Thud and Boom! more
(15 March 2007 00:01)

Board bids to revise police indicators
Youth Justice Board leaders are joining police chiefs to consider how to include restorative and reparative interventions in police performance.... more
(15 March 2007 00:01)

'Strip Home Office of lead policy role'
The Home Office should lose responsibility for drugs policy, an inquiry has concluded. more
(15 March 2007 00:01)

The Big Question
Should GPs be allowed to commission social care services? more
(15 March 2007 00:01)

Employers rush staff vetting as adult care workforce crisis bites
Hundreds of thousands of social care staff are working in settings with vulnerable adults before they have been given a full Criminal Records Bureau.... more
(15 March 2007 00:01)

SCIE appoints Julie Jones as new chief executive
Director of children’s services at Westminster Council Julie Jones has today been appointed as the new chief executive of the Social Care Institute.... more
(13 March 2007 16:34)

Local safeguarding children boards: one year on
Children's minister Beverley Hughes writes exclusively for Community Care on why local safeguarding children boards matter more
(13 March 2007 15:47)

Cornwall agrees pioneering county-wide legal aid network
Cornwall Council and legal aid agency the Legal Services Commission today announced a landmark agreement to provide accessible legal advice on a.... more
(13 March 2007 15:16)

Southampton Council staff strike over Capita jobs
Southampton Council social care staff will join an authority-wide strike on 20 March in protest against plans to transfer a number of back office.... more
(13 March 2007 14:34)

Corston review into female offenders demands end to women’s prisons
Women’s prisons should be scrapped and replaced with small local units, a government-commissioned report recommended today. more
(13 March 2007 13:47)

Focus on pensioner poverty, Help the Aged urges government
Help the Aged today called for a government target to give reducing pensioner poverty the same emphasis as cutting child poverty in this year’s.... more
(13 March 2007 13:21)

Equal-pay deadline fails despite ten years’ notice
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(13 March 2007 09:24)

Probation Service bids for offender managers
The National Probation Service has launched a recruitment drive to attract 560 offender managers. more
(13 March 2007 08:18)

National Autistic Society kicks off largest ever autism survey
The National Autistic Society has launched what it claims is the largest ever national survey on the experience of adults with autism. more
(12 March 2007 16:16)

Former Barnardo's boy Phil Frampton puts case for children's homes on Channel 4's The Insider
Writer Phil Frampton, who was raised in a Barnardo’s children’s home, will make the case for residential child care over foster care in a Channel 4.... more
(12 March 2007 11:22)

Mencap claims NHS ignorance costs lives
People with learning difficulties are dying prematurely because of institutional discrimination and ignorance within the NHS, according to a report.... more
(12 March 2007 11:03)

Three-year-olds ‘should be told how to stand up for their rights’
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the Monday and weekend newspapers. more
(12 March 2007 09:51)

Drugs service FRANK review finds high level of awareness
Just over two-thirds of young people and half of parents are aware of FRANK, the government-funded national drugs information service, it was.... more
(09 March 2007 16:23)

Scottish Social Services Council seeks children's day care workers for conduct committee
The Scottish Social Services Council is looking for people working in children’s day care to help decide issues of conduct and registration affecting.... more
(11 March 2007 00:01)

NHS has failed to improve treatment of acquired brain injury
People with acquired brain injury are being denied good treatment because the NHS has reneged on its promise to improve services, charity Leonard.... more
(09 March 2007 15:51)

Decriminalising prostitution: new coalition launched
A coalition to decriminalise prostitution in order to help keep sex workers safe is launched today. more
(10 March 2007 00:01)

Drug abuse should be seen as health problem not crime
Drug addiction should be treated as a chronic health condition and a social problem not simply a crime and a cause of crime, a study published.... more
(09 March 2007 10:32)

Government drugs policy does not work, says report
Government drugs policy does not work, says report Drug addiction should be treated as a health and social problem, not a crime issue, a two-year.... more
(09 March 2007 09:44)

In the Spotlight with Jasvinder Sanghera
founder and director of Karma Nirvana more
(09 March 2007 09:19)

Susanna White takes joint health and social care leadership role in Southwark
Susanna White is to succeed Chris Bull as director of health and community services at Southwark Council www.southwark.gov.uk and chief executive of.... more
(08 March 2007 16:19)

GSCC issues five-year warning to social worker for misconduct
The General Social Care Council has placed a five-year warning on the record of a social worker for failing to declare a conviction for drink.... more
(08 March 2007 15:56)