By Maria Ahmed and Amy Taylor
Some private hospitals falling short of minimum standards
The patchy quality of private hospitals in England is revealed by the Healthcare Commission for the first time today in a guide for patients showing how each establishment performed at the most recent inspection.
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 20 December 2006, page 10
A refuge in London has earned widespread praise for the pioneering support it gives to teenage runaways – so why it is threatened with closure?
Police send cards to sex offenders
Paedophiles and rapists living in Wales will get a Christmas card from the police this year, it has emerged.
South Wales police said they had decided to send out cards as a reminder to sex offenders that they knew where they were living.
Their decision has been met with a mixed response.
Source:- Western Mail, Wednesday 20 December 2006
Jersey: Simon Bellwood 'unfairly sacked' inquiry finds
Councils failing to implement government guidance issued in 2002, study says
Threat of action called off until September in bid to end dispute
Lone parents, disabled and drug users face tougher benefits regime
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