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A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. more
(03 July 2002 09:37)
Inspectors find staff morale and stress problems at Haringey
Low staff morale and stress at the frontline remain serious
problems for Haringey council's children’s services despite
improvements over the.... more
(03 July 2002 11:49)
Council spending on children in need rises by a quarter
The amount local authorities spend on services for children in
need has risen by more than a quarter, new figures from the
department of health.... more
(03 July 2002 12:30)
Children`s homes threatened by insurance refusals
Fears that hundreds of children’s homes could close
because insurance companies are refusing to offer cover were
sparked after a private.... more
(03 July 2002 12:57)
Councils worried about new performance assessment framework
Local Government Association members voiced serious concerns at
its general assembly about the new comprehensive performance
assessment system.... more
(03 July 2002 17:34)
Young disabled people `let down` by executive
Younger disabled people have been let down by the Scottish
executive according to Capability Scotland as free personal care
was introduced for.... more
(03 July 2002 17:44)
New centre planned to spearhead regeneration drive
The Scottish executive's plan to regenerate Scotland's most
deprived communities include £3 million over the next three
years to set up a new.... more
(03 July 2002 17:55)
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
Including headlines from Saturday and
Sunday.
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By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. more
(01 July 2002 09:24)
Scheme to help children on remand set to expand
A Children’s Society initiative, that has helped more than
a thousand children on remand in prisons, closed last week after
the Youth Justice.... more
(01 July 2002 10:55)
Offenders could be asked to sign `going straight` contract
A raft of measures aimed at tackling high rates of re offending
by ex prisoners, has been published by the social exclusion unit,
writes Clare.... more
(01 July 2002 17:26)
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By David Callaghan, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. more
(02 July 2002 09:10)
Man charged with rape of woman at mental health unit
A man has been charged with the rape of a 60-year-old woman on a
ward at a mental health unit in west London. more
(02 July 2002 10:18)
New measures for dealing with sex offenders to be introduced
Intervention programmes for sex offenders are to be made
available throughout Scotland as one measure in a package of
proposals announced by the.... more
(02 July 2002 10:36)
One of last factories for visually impaired people set to close
One of the last surviving special factories for blind and
partially sighted people has announced it is to close,
writes David Brown. more
(02 July 2002 11:58)
Government pressed to introduce free personal care south of border
Charities, unions and campaigners have sent a joint statement to
the government urging it to give people in England, Northern
Ireland and Wales.... more
(02 July 2002 12:22)
