Articles by Date : June 01 2006 - June 30 2006

Wheelchair protest lobbies Number 10
Disabled children converged on Downing Street last week to protest against a lack of funding for wheelchairs for young people. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Hope for help
Disabled children and their families have been left behind in the drive to improve children's services. Now charities have put their hopes on a.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Mergers threat to women's aid bodies
Housing association mergers are undermining partnerships forged between associations and domestic violence agencies, according to the head of Women's.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Patients who lack capacity could be detained for a year under new plans
People who are deprived of their liberty in psychiatric units because they do no have the capacity to resist could be detained for up to a year,.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Frontlines - Fashions in Health Advice
One of the most annoying health studies yet declares that moderate alcohol consumption has more obvious benefits for men's health than for women's. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Charity questions government commitment to tackling HIV - special report
Government commitment to tackling HIV is questioned this week by the National Aids Trust in a new report. more
(09 June 2006 00:00)

Why disabled children ride in baby buggies: special report
Eleven-year-old Shannon Jones, (pictured), has cerebral palsy. more
(09 June 2006 10:08)

Former council leader in child porn case
Kenneth Leadbeater, the Conservative leader of Dartford Council, Kent, until he resigned in March, pleaded guilty at Dartford magistrates’ court to.... more
(12 June 2006 10:08)

Funding stagnates for HIV prevention
Investment in HIV prevention has stalled or declined in the UK since the late 1990s, while the number of those living with HIV has more than doubled,.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

New bed-blocking targets for Scotland
Scotland's councils and health boards have been set tougher targets on delayed discharges from hospital after meeting their goal to reduce them by 20.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Teleclaims blamed for benefits losses
Homeless people risk losing their benefits and missing out on accommodation because of a new telephone claim system, according to a charity. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Lack of co-ordination
Ruth Sharpe's seven-year-old-daughter Celia* has Sturge-Weber syndrome. She has epilepsy, learning difficulties and motor development delay. She is.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Ann Waters
Ann Waters has learning difficulties and receives services from Hillcrest Portswood home care in Hampshire more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Social worker sacked and jailed for having sex with client he counselled
A social worker has been jailed for having sex with a service user in one of the first cases of its kind. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Call for more clarity on advocates' role
Planned government guidance on the new Mental Capacity Act must give more clarity on the role of advocates, campaigners have warned. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Human rights laws are no aid to users
The potential for human rights principles to improve older people's services is not being fulfilled because of ignorance among service providers and.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Farmer set to let go of alliance reins
New Mind chief executive Paul Farmer is set to step down as chair of the Mental Health Alliance, having led the lobbying coalition since it was.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Open Forum
Abstinence and helping people rebuild lives are proven ways to help people off drugs, writes Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Court fight looms as executive fails to settle row over food help charges
The long-running dispute over services covered by Scotland's free personal care policy could go before the courts after the Scottish executive.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Ex-cons have so much to offer social care
I am tiring of the media's negative responses every time anyone suggests allowing an ex-offender into the workplace. Isn't it time the outdated "bang.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Abuse never far away
A 12-year-old boy in foster care has been showing inappropriate sexualised behaviour. Our panel looks at the options for him more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Crowding increases suicide risk, say MPs
Overcrowding is limiting the National Offender Management Service's ability to adequately care for prisoners, particularly those at risk of.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Council bars few for past offences
The General Social Care Council has registered 317 out of a total of 375 applications from qualified social workers who have declared medium to.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Vacancies threaten future of secure children's homes
The viability of secure children's homes is in doubt as the Youth Justice Board and councils desert them in favour of other options, writes Maria.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

The Simon Heng Column
Before I became disabled, I worked for a medium-sized voluntary organisation, which provided services funded by councils and health authorities. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

'Replace loans with grant-based system'
A review of the Social Fund is needed to replace the loan system with one based on grants, a new report recommends. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

'Scrap plans for single regulator'
Government plans to create a single regulator for adult social care and health should be ditched because of the differences between the two sectors,.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Few Welsh councils seek housing aid
Only seven of Wales's 22 councils applied last year for funding to develop housing support schemes for people with substance misuse problems, figures.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

The voice speaks out
Alun Davies is to co-chair the advisory group of disabled people. He tells Natalie Valios his views on improving services more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Wedding bells at last
This Life: A new residential home manager proved the catalyst for fulfilling Ron Gentry's dreams of marriage more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Chief set to leave cash-strapped Scope
Disability charity Scope was expected to announce the departure of its chief executive Tony Manwaring as Community Care went to press. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Website Review: www.anncrafttrust.org
The Ann Craft Trust is a UK based organisation working with staff in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors to protect people with learning.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Work permits
Welfare rights: Gary Vaux looks at how much work incapacity benefit claimants can do without losing entitlement more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Anne Owers raises concerns about Lindholme immigration centre
A lack of good accessible legal advice and a culture where staff carried wooden staves to deal with detainees was found by inspectors at Lindholme.... more
(08 June 2006 00:01)

Prozac prescribed for primary school children
Depressed children as young as eight should be treated with Prozac if therapy fails to help, doctors were told this week. more
(09 June 2006 16:50)

Interview with Jilly Cooper
Best selling author Jilly Cooper talks to Phil Frampton, who grew up in care, about her latest novel 'Wicked'. more
(09 June 2006 00:00)

Care home regulations introduced
New regulations requiring care homes to provide clear information on terms and conditions have been announced by care services minister Ivan Lewis. more
(09 June 2006 00:00)

Disabled and older people given hope of choosing care
Law will offer protection against institutionalisation and give the elderly a say where they live. more
(09 June 2006 09:51)

Set up to fail as parents?
Is prejudice the reason why so many parents with learning difficulties lose their children? Janet Snell reports more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Enterprise and shine
Socially excluded people are being helped back into work and provided with skills, training and confidence by social enterprises. Anabel Unity Sale.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Pay cap 'would hit care staff numbers'
Limiting public sector pay growth, as called for this week by chancellor Gordon Brown, will hit recruitment and retention of care staff and cause.... more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Scots back staff regulation plans
Regulation of social care support staff in Scotland has won overwhelming support. more
(08 June 2006 00:00)

Guess Who
Who makes up the mystery face more
(08 June 2006 14:04)

Government invests £10 million in helping school drop-outs
Young people at risk of dropping out of education are the target of a new £10 million programme designed to encourage them back into learning. more
(08 June 2006 15:31)

Chief inspector of schools appointed
Christine Gilbert has been appointed chief inspector of schools. Gilbert, who is currently chief executive of Tower Hamlets council, will take up her.... more
(08 June 2006 15:25)

Government creates national association for PSHE
The government has announced the creation of the first national subject association for personal, social and health education (PSHE), bringing it.... more
(08 June 2006 15:22)

Guess Who answers
08 June 2006 guess who answers more
(08 June 2006 13:57)

GSCC registers more than 300 social workers with criminal backgrounds
The General Social Care Council has registered 317 out of a total of 375 applications from qualified social workers who have declared medium to high.... more
(05 June 2006 00:00)

Young People in Care and Criminal Behaviour
In a well-written, thought-provoking style, Claire Taylor draws powerfully on the narratives of young people's "looked after" experiences and unpacks.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Spaces of Social Exclusion
This valuable contribution to the subject of poverty and social policy provides an up-to-date analysis of how poverty is created and continues in our.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)