Articles by Date : June 01 2007 - June 30 2007

Turning Point gets cash boost for people with complex needs
Social care charity Turning Point has been given £15.2m to develop five purpose-built, community based residential centres for people with complex.... more
(27 June 2007 12:49)

Smoking ban lights up human rights conflict
Enforcing the smoking ban in social care will pose significant challenges around the competing rights of service users and staff. Helen McCormack.... more
(28 June 2007 00:46)

Skills agenda has hit adult classes, ministers admit
Courses for adults with learning disabilities are being sidelined due to training priorities, the government has admitted, while pledging to tackle.... more
(28 June 2007 00:25)

Funding reform 'must not hurt clients'
Proposed pilots on a new funding system for Supporting People must ensure the reform does not penalise the most vulnerable clients, the National.... more
(28 June 2007 00:06)

Education to be at heart of looked-after children's care
Plans welcomed but some disappointed by lack of emphasis on offenders and health more
(28 June 2007 00:09)

Editorial Comment: Why human rights should apply to all
Are private care homes that provide services to publicly funded residents performing a public function? more
(28 June 2007 00:43)

The People First annual conference hears that Equality 2025 could break down barriers for people with learning disabilities.
People with learning disabilities feel like they have been “consulted to death” but the Equality 2025 initiative could at last mean they are.... more
(23 June 2007 00:02)

Campaign Aims
Campaign Aims Community Care's A Life Like Any Other campaign is calling for people with learning disabilities to be given the same chances in.... more
(23 June 2007 00:55)

Campaign Background
We are calling on the government to ensure enough money is available in the system so that promises made in the Valuing People white paper are not.... more
(23 June 2007 00:52)

Alcohol-related hospital admissions double in past ten years, Information Centre for health and social care finds
Alcohol admissions specifically related to consuming alcohol have more than doubled in the past ten years, government figures out yesterday show. more
(27 June 2007 10:03)

Schools will be forced to release reserves, minister Jim Knight vows
Schools will shortly be forced to release a large share of the £1.6 billion lying fallow in their bank accounts to be spent on education, the.... more
(26 June 2007 17:06)

Barnardo’s urges Gordon Brown to believe in children
Incoming prime minister Gordon Brown was urged today to invest faith in children or lose a generation as a new poll revealed one in four adults.... more
(26 June 2007 16:13)

Government urged to include NHS services in individual budgets after Tories back idea
The government has been urged to rethink its opposition to extending individual budgets to health services, after the Conservatives backed the idea. more
(26 June 2007 16:10)

U-turn on care threat to failed asylum seekers’ children
Other headlines today include £200 fines for fathers who do not give names, GMC denies ‘hounding’ paediatricians, New guides to end ‘postcode.... more
(26 June 2007 11:31)

Stop denying people with learning disabilities their right to family life, government told
People with learning disabilities are routinely denied the right to family life, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has heard. more
(26 June 2007 10:00)

Continuing Care framework launched
Care services minister Ivan Lewis today pledged that thousands of people in England are likely to receive more help towards their care costs. more
(26 June 2007 09:57)

Gordon Brown pledges to unite “forces of compassion” in ending child poverty after election as Labour leader
New Labour leader Gordon Brown has pledged to bring together “all the forces of compassion” in ending child poverty in Britain. In his inaugural.... more
(25 June 2007 09:45)

New laws for private care home residents in wake of Lords human rights ruling
Legislation extending human rights protection to residents of private care homes is expected to be introduced by the government shortly after a shock.... more
(22 June 2007 09:44)

Council angered over government refusal to help in cost-shunting row
A council locked in dispute with a primary care trust over who should pay for continuing care services is angered by the government’s refusal to take.... more
(25 June 2007 16:30)

Young people lose out in media coverage, survey finds
Less than 1 in 4 stories about young people in the national media are positive, according to a survey out today. more
(25 June 2007 10:01)

Doctors call for ban on drinking in street
Other headlines today include: Mother jailed for rape of daughter, Victory over ‘postcode care lottery’ for elderly and Harman pledges to focus party.... more
(25 June 2007 09:49)

DRC and Scope back Tory MP’s bid for single benefits assessment for disabled people
Disability campaigners are backing a Conservative MP’s bid to ensure disabled people no longer face multiple assessments to access benefits. more
(25 June 2007 08:50)

CEHR must tackle mental health discrimination, urges Mental Health Action Group
Tackling discrimination against people with long-term mental health conditions will be a major test for the new Commission for Equality and Human.... more
(22 June 2007 14:49)

White British boys perform worst at school, says report
White British boys from poorer backgrounds are more likely than other social groups to perform badly at school, according to a report by the Joseph.... more
(23 June 2007 00:01)

Don’t name social workers in court judgements, BASW head warns
Social workers should not be named in published transcripts of family court judgements, which are to become more available under government proposals.... more
(22 June 2007 13:32)

Children in care white paper promises £305m and heavy focus on education
The government will invest an extra £305m over the next four years in looked-after children’s services with a heavy emphasis on education, a white.... more
(21 June 2007 13:15)

GSCC chair Rodney Brooke knighted in Queen’s birthday honours
General Social Care Council chair Rodney Brooke has been knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours for his contribution to public services. Brooke,.... more
(19 June 2007 13:14)

Client group's anger over inspection refusal
Government plans to bar new service user representative bodies from inspecting social care services could put clients' safety and rights at stake, a.... more
(20 June 2007 13:03)

Fostering Network calls for ban on placements with carers who smoke for disabled children and under-5s
The Fostering Network has recommended that councils and fostering agencies do not place disabled children, those under five and those with heart.... more
(22 June 2007 13:02)

Drug and alcohol treatment awareness week begins
The first national drugs and alcohol treatment awareness week starts this week to give a platform to organisations and individuals providing advice,.... more
(24 June 2007 00:01)

Mental patient killed teenager after release
Other headlines include: City academies ‘fail to deliver’ on innovation, Former youth justice chief attacks rule change on restraint and Half school.... more
(22 June 2007 10:08)

Supported housing users to get good services charter
Users of supported housing would receive “charters of independent living” setting out the standards of services they should expect, under a.... more
(22 June 2007 09:19)

Children in care white paper begs resources questions for charities
Campaigners have welcomed today’s looked-after children white paper but raised concerns over a lack of resources, inadequate support for foster.... more
(21 June 2007 16:16)

Essential information on Time for Change: Care Matters
The Time for Change: Care Matters white paper, which children’s minister Beverley Hughes (pictured) will launch today, is the biggest piece of.... more
(21 June 2007 12:51)

Minister outlines launch of new 'whole family' initiative
The government will push a new "whole family" approach to social exclusion this year, the outgoing cabinet minister for the issue has told Community.... more
(21 June 2007 11:28)

Values at risk in children's services, says top director
The joint president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has warned that social work values could be lost through the.... more
(21 June 2007 11:23)

Howard League hammers government over UN charter
The government is breaching at least 10 articles of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child in the way it treats young offenders, it was alleged.... more
(21 June 2007 11:20)

GP-style practices taken forward in white paper
More details of proposed GP-style social care practices are expected to be announced today by the government as it unveils the children in care white.... more
(21 June 2007 11:19)

Ban on smokers fostering under-5s
Other headlines from today's papers include No human rights for old in private homes and More family cases go behind closed doors. more
(21 June 2007 10:56)

Local authorities told to cut down on consultants
Councils should "wean themselves off" using consultants in adult social care if they are to improve value for money, the Department of Health's.... more
(21 June 2007 10:34)

Falconer U-turn on reporting family court proceedings
The government has dropped plans to give the media the right to report family court proceedings, justice secretary Lord Falconer said today. more
(20 June 2007 17:04)

Care homes: how to protect people's individuality
The idiosyncrasies that form our personalities can be stripped away once inside in a care home but John Burton reports that this need not be so. more
(20 June 2007 17:03)

Dangerous proposals for equality legislation
It is hard to deny that the UK has become a fairer society since the major equalities legislation was introduced for race and gender in the.... more
(21 June 2007 00:53)

Review: The shooting party
Pauline Blackshaw is inspired by images of Manchester more
(21 June 2007 00:47)

Better justice for vulnerable adults: innovative ideas
Graham Hopkins reports on three new developments that will promote better justice and protection for vulnerable adults more
(21 June 2007 00:45)

Good practice: tackling domestic violence in Sutton
The London Borough of Sutton has successfully introduced a programme to help children who have experienced domestic violence. Sam Thorp reports more
(21 June 2007 00:37)

Practice-based commissioning
The government is keen to extend practice-based commissioning but evidence suggests the policy's implementation will be slow to gain momentum, finds.... more
(21 June 2007 00:24)

Service User Voice: Regional differences
Learning Disability Week brings the focus onto a particular category, where Simon Heng discovers some inequalities Some of you may know that the.... more
(21 June 2007 00:04)

The Ethicist: A need to travel light
Our green guru John Cossham on how you can cut transport pollutants more
(21 June 2007 00:02)

What do young carers need?
The suicide of a 13 year old young carer has thrown this forgotten band of young people into the spotlight. What support do they need ask Claire.... more
(20 June 2007 15:44)