Articles by Date : July 01 2002 - July 31 2002

Single faith schools offer children more opportunities, experts say
Single faith schools promote better understanding of cultures, offer children more opportunities and deliver better academic performance, according.... more
(05 July 2002 17:41)

Kennedy calls for pay rises to deal with recruitment problems
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has said local authorities may need to pay public sector workers more money in areas where recruitment and.... more
(05 July 2002 17:48)

Have your say
This week's Have your say asks do some social workers have poor literacy and numeracy skills? Is this a problem you have experienced? The.... more
(05 July 2002 18:11)

A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Sally Gillen, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. more
(05 July 2002 08:58)

Pandering to prejudice
Pandering to prejudice The net is closing in on people with mental health problems. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Suicide watch
Long-term prisoners are offered support on release from prison but no such option exists for short-term prisoners leaving them vulnerable to.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

This life
Many organisations in the disability field are reluctant to employ disabled people, says Julie Turner. In the summer of 1987 I, like many other.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Yvonne Roberts
Yvonne Roberts says community groups and self-help show the way forward for people in poverty. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Perspectives
Because the criminal justice system is increasingly focusing solely on punishment, large numbers of short-term prisoners are leaving jail with.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Research into Practice
Brian Morgan looks at a revised view of Munchausen syndrome by proxy from the professor who first coined the term. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Welfare rights
Benefits rules are lagging behind the needs of today's foster carers, writes Gary Vaux. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Slow gains in Haringey services
Despite some improvements in Haringey's children's services over the past two years, staff morale remains low and stress at the frontline high, a.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Psychiatrists want to find `lost` patients
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has called on primary care trusts to carry out an audit of care in the community to find "forgotten" mental.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

UK sites to pilot global project
Four UK areas have been offered the opportunity to radically overhaul their local health and social care systems as part of an international.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Prison unit to help leavers find homes
A housing service has been set up at Manchester prison to help prisoners find accommodation when they are released. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Minister rolls out latest phase of strategy to cut teenage pregnancies
The government has pledged to renew its efforts to cut the teenage pregnancy rate and double the number of young mothers in education and work. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Government unit sets out plans to reduce re-offending rates
Measures aimed at tackling high rates of re-offending by former prisoners have been published by the social exclusion unit this week. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Book Reviews
David Porteous looks at a reform agenda for the police and Oliver Russell on the impact of Asperger's syndrome. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Viewpoint
Bureaucratic inertia is undermining local authorities' attempts to tackle racist practices, writes trainer Helen Best. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Letters
Generation gap advice I was delighted to read Peter White's article about generation gaps and how they can cause problems when elderly parents.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Politics
Female representation in Scotland looks set to fall after next year's election, which bodes ill for social care, says Shona Main. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Call for more use of family carers
A new study on adoption has called for local authorities to give greater consideration to placing children with other members of their family.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Council suspends head of social work
The head of social work of East Dunbartonshire Council, Pam Fenton, has been suspended from work following an investigation into a budget overspend.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Charities urge more help for adopted children who want to complain
A consortium of children's charities has made a plea to the government to include an amendment to the Adoption and Children Bill that would.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Scottish children to catch shopkeepers
Children are to be used to try and catch shopkeepers selling cigarettes to under-aged young people, Scotland's Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC has.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Mother on hunger strike over school
The mother of an autistic child has gone on hunger strike in protest at a council's decision that her daughter should be educated in a mainstream.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Jail threat issued to Bedfordshire gypsies
A group of gypsies will be jailed for contempt of court unless they move from a site in Bedfordshire, a high court judge has ruled. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Teachers could face rap over abuse signs
Teachers who fail to report signs of suspected abuse among their pupils could face disciplinary action or dismissal under new legislation. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Multiple abuse: law change considered
Cases of multiple abuse where police are unable to identify individual suspects and bring charges will be the subject of a Home Office rethink.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Campaign calls for free personal care
Charities, unions and campaigners have sent a statement to the government urging it to give people in England, Northern Ireland and Wales free.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Cautious insurers put question mark against future of children's homes
Fears that hundreds of children's homes could close because insurance firms are refusing their business were sparked this week after a private.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Council was not told of stress, says lawyer
A former social worker who claimed a mental collapse was caused by her workload increasing dramatically, failed to inform her employer she was.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Minister angry at police check delays
Home Office minister Lord Falconer told the House of Lords this week that he would consider legal action if the Criminal Records Bureau and the.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Study finds food and offending link
Offending rates by young people can be cut by 25 per cent by giving them vitamins and mineral supplements, according to research charity Natural.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. more
(04 July 2002 09:42)

Duncan Smith rules out extra cash for social services
Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith admitted to local government leaders that he could not promise extra resources for social services.... more
(04 July 2002 14:29)

pandering to prejudice
The net is closing in on people with mental health problems. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

A taste of the front line
Community Care's Care in the Capital Week, which ran from 17-21 June, focused attention on staff shortages in London. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

positive changes
Organisations serving people who are HIV-positive or have Aids have had to transform themselves as a result of new medication, shifts in the.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Demand outstrips supply for training
Many of the bids to secure government funding for social care training projects are likely to fail because the training fund is nearly three times.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

New blow for 'special' factories as Wolverhampton plant faces closure
One of the last surviving special factories for blind and partially sighted people has announced it is to close. more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Widow's payments are discriminatory
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the government is breaking the European Convention on Human Rights by blocking men from receiving.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Lack of support could stall legal support
Lack of cash could stall legal support Legislation designed to improve support for vulnerable witnesses who pursue cases of abuse through the.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

UK policies harm mental health
Asylum seekers' mental health is often damaged more by the practical problems they face when they arrive in the UK than by the pain and suffering.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Audit Commission lambasts supply of equipment for disabled people
Provision of equipment for disabled and older people by hospitals and social services remains "in a parlous state," the Audit Commission has.... more
(04 July 2002 00:00)

Social worker failed to tell employer she was close to mental collapse, court told
A former social worker who claimed a mental collapse was caused by her workload increasing dramatically, failed to inform her employer she was.... more
(02 July 2002 13:10)

Minister threatens criminal records bureau with legal action
Home office minister Lord Falconer told the House of Lords that he would consider legal action if the Criminal Records Bureau and the private.... more
(02 July 2002 13:27)

Woman of 108 dies after hunger strike protest over care home move
A 108-year-old woman forced to move to a new care home in May died last month after going on hunger strike. more
(02 July 2002 15:04)

Staff offered new training for tackling domestic violence cases
All health staff in Scotland are to be offered new guidance and training in dealing with cases of domestic violence following an announcement by.... more
(02 July 2002 17:20)