Articles by Date : May 01 2006 - May 31 2006

Seven-day welfare plan turned down
The government has rejected a recommendation to assess the welfare of asylum-seeking children in detention after seven days. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Lib Dems back down over schools' duty
An amendment to the Education and Inspections Bill that would have required maintained schools to co-operate with other services to promote and.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Separated parents 'need more support'
A coalition of women's, fathers' and children's groups have come together to call for a significant increase in support for separated parents managed.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Children's Fund a 'lost opportunity'
A £960m initiative to improve services for children and families at risk of social exclusion has failed to put long-term strategies in place,.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Special report: new agency to tackle online child abuse
Online child abuse is to be tackled by a new government agency launched last week. more
(02 May 2006 00:00)

Campaigners urge support for separated parents
A coalition of women’s, fathers’ and children’s groups have come together to call for a significant increase in support for separated parents managed.... more
(05 May 2006 00:00)

Numbers on vocational courses rise
More people acquired NVQ and SVQ qualifications in social care and health in 2005 than in any year since 1999, according to new figures. more
(05 May 2006 00:00)

Prescott to lose job as PM tries to stem crisis
Tony Blair will strip John Prescott of his departmental brief in a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle designed to reassert his grip on government. more
(05 May 2006 09:40)

Campaigners worry that review could undermine treatment progress
Regional offices of the National Treatment Agency look set to be transferred to revamped strategic health authorities. But Gordon Carson finds that.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Cafcass chief steps in to resolve London region's financial crisis
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service chief executive Anthony Douglas has taken personal charge of a programme to turn around.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Scottish health boards threatened over patients marooned in Carstairs
Scotland's Mental Welfare Commission could take health boards to the country's Mental Health Tribunal for failing to move some patients from.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Wiltshire boss quits over cuts in services
Wiltshire Council's director of adult and community services, Ray Jones, has stepped down from the post, saying swingeing cuts have been forced on.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Local relationships key to integration
The integration of health and social care should be driven by local relationships between professionals rather than national direction, a primary.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Unison ballot threat as Surrey culls 550 jobs while reinforcing front line
Surrey Council is simultaneously making adult services managers redundant and recruiting 120 front-line social workers into the department under.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Nurses to adopt more holistic approach to service users on both sides of the border
The English and Scottish reviews of mental health nursing have been warmly welcomed. But the reviews diverge when it comes to implementation plans,.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Government fails to meet concerns of anti-racist activists over 1983 act
The government will only carry out a race impact assessment on its proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 and not the full act, despite a.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Clinical staff face higher stalking risk
Mental health workers run a greater risk of being stalked than the general population, a study has revealed. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Call to implement Rowntree blueprint
Reforms to older people's care proposed in a report last week should be implemented now, campaigners have said. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

No place for junk food in Scottish schools
Junk food will be shown the red card in Scottish schools as part of the drive to improve the nation’s health. The measure was unveiled by the.... more
(04 May 2006 14:35)

Massive increase in vocational awards
More people acquired NVQ and SVQ qualifications in social care and health in 2005 than in any year since 1999, new figures show. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Flagship reforms 'overloading staff'
Two of the government's flagship children's services reforms are increasing practitioners' workloads and causing anxiety among workers, a new report.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Children’s services staff ignorant on substance misuse
Children’s services practitioners are insufficiently informed about substance misuse, leading to inappropriate referrals to specialist agencies, a.... more
(04 May 2006 13:50)

Questions from Community Care - Beyond Frontiers
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(04 May 2006 11:34)

Question from Community Care - Independent Thought
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(04 May 2006 11:31)

Independent thought
A move into freelance consultancy sounds ideal for those who want more control over their work but there is much to consider before going it alone,.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Beyond frontiers
Even though it is not strictly playing by the rules, we have a moral duty to use our expertise to help develop social care structures in other parts.... more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Scots professionals showing their age
Scotland's local authority social care workforce is ageing. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Defiance on sexual activity guidance
Child protection policymakers in London are refusing to change reporting requirements for professionals working with sexually active young people. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

No retreat on bid to end delays within a year
Cafcass will press ahead with controversial plans to eliminate backlogs through early intervention and more efficient practice. more
(04 May 2006 00:00)

Baby rapists 'must serve term to match depravity'
Two babysitters who carried out sexual offences of the "gravest depravity" on a baby girl should have been sentenced to 27 to 30 years, the Attorney.... more
(04 May 2006 09:53)

Tenterhooks over section 64 funding
Social care charities in years two and three of their section 64 funding were still waiting this week to find out whether they would receive this.... more
(04 May 2006 07:38)

Schools failing to educate children about the dangers of alcohol
Secondary schools are failing to provide children with enough information about alcohol, despite many admitting to doing things they regretted while.... more
(03 May 2006 15:52)

April People moves
MARTIN MARSHALL is to be deputy chief medical officer at the Department of Health and will start his new role in May. He is currently a GP and.... more
(03 May 2006 10:39)

Pots of gold
Sources of funds for organisations working with children and teenagers more
(03 May 2006 11:49)

Children in care continue to be placed miles from home
New government figures show that at least 10,900 children in care continue to be placed 20 miles or more from their home – despite government.... more
(02 May 2006 15:31)

Archbishop defends youths in hoodies
The Archbishop of York sprang to the defence of youths who wear hoodies, underlining his support by donning one himself. more
(03 May 2006 09:46)

April cartoons
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(03 May 2006 08:08)

Children's Fund 'failed to put long-term strategies in place'
A £960 million initiative to improve services for children and families at risk of social exclusion has failed to put long-term strategies in place,.... more
(02 May 2006 00:00)

Jacqui Smith reassures Lib Dems over child welfare
A duty making it compulsory for maintained schools to cooperate with other services to promote and safeguard the welfare of children failed to make.... more
(02 May 2006 00:00)

Practitioners' workloads are rising, evaluation finds
Two of the government’s flagship children’s services reforms are increasing practitioners’ workloads and causing anxiety among workers, a new report.... more
(02 May 2006 00:00)

NHS deficits linked to fall in health visitor numbers
The number of health visitors providing essential support to children and their families has fallen to “unacceptably low levels”, according to health.... more
(02 May 2006 14:50)

Head teachers threaten to disrupt extended schools agenda
The government’s extended schools programme has been called into question by the National Association of Head Teachers. more
(02 May 2006 14:58)

Twice as many school nurses needed by 2010
School nurse figures are still well below the government’s target level despite a doubling in the number of school nurses per pupil over the last 10.... more
(02 May 2006 14:16)

One in 20 affected by personality disorder
Almost one in 20 people in the UK has a personality disorder, according to a study in the British Journal of Psychiatry. more
(02 May 2006 09:53)