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Poor staffing levels undermine human rights in nursing homes
Poor staffing levels are undermining human rights in nursing homes by creating an "accepted indignity" in which residents are left wet or soiled for lengthy periods until staff become available. (Image: Alamy)
06 March 2012
Helping care home managers navigate the Dols
What must care home managers bear in mind when residents might be deprived of their liberty? Manager Kathryn McGuirk discusses her experience of the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
22 November 2011
Human Rights Act 'must be extended to private home care'
Human rights protections should be extended to publicly-funded users of private home care services, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged after finding widespread abuses in the sector.
23 November 2011
Are riot-related social housing evictions just empty threats?
Social housing providers talked tough after the summer street disturbances. Samantha Thorp asks whether they were empty threats
21 November 2011
Criminalising forced marriage 'could push it further underground'
Making forced marriage a criminal offence risks "pushing the issue further underground", an expert has warned as David Cameron (left) announced a consultation on the idea today.
10 October 2011
'Slavery victims' receiving social care after police raid
Twenty-four alleged victims of slavery have been provided with social care support today after being rescued from a Bedfordshire traveller site.
13 September 2011
Care home residents still denied human rights protection
Residents of independent care homes are not being fully protected from abuses despite legislation brought in three years ago to uphold their human rights, campaigners have warned.
04 May 2011
Protests against cuts to services for child asylum seekers
Social care workers are today protesting against 'racist government cuts' to services supporting child asylum seekers.
08 April 2011
Controversial court judgement 'used to justify care cuts'
Councils are using a controversial legal decision to justify restricting a person's access to food and drink to cut costs, a care lawyer has claimed.
05 April 2011
Equality watchdog sounds warning over curbs to its powers
Plans set out today to curb the powers of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission have raised concerns at the fairness watchdog.
22 March 2011
Engaging with communities to prevent female genital mutilation
Social workers and health professionals are working together in Bristol to convince communities that female genital mutilation is abuse, reports Louise Hunt
04 March 2011
Using human rights law to fight service cuts
Campaigners are resorting to legislation to guarantee care and support for service users, with the Down's Syndrome Association leading by example, reports Vern Pitt
11 February 2011
Social workers need protection from civil negligence claims
The decision not to cap legal aid for care and supervision proceedings will leave professionals vulnerable to litigation. To address this, the social worker's duty of care must be rethought, writes Peter Wake
28 January 2011
GSCC may have breached social worker's human rights
The General Social Care Council may have breached a social worker's human rights by refusing to let him re-register, a tribunal has found.
13 January 2011
How providers are failing mental health in-patients
The Care Quality Commission has highlighted poor practice among some mental health providers. Gordon Carson finds out where improvements can be made
15 November 2010
Home care providers face human rights probe
An investigation starts today into the protection of human rights of people receiving home care.
10 November 2010
Social workers to gain key role in any assisted suicide law
Social workers will be integral to the assessment of mental capacity and risk to people choosing to end their life, if Scotland passes a bill to legalise assisted suicide.
24 September 2010
Identity theft by another name?
Is it fair to change the forename of adopted children or does it erode their identity? Social worker Wendy Brain and Elaine Dibben from the British Association of Adoption and Fostering examine the arguments
10 September 2010
Restorative justice in children's homes
Academic Pauline Ashworth examines findings on the effectiveness of restorative justice in cases involving bullying in children's residential units
20 August 2010
Service users, personal budgets and Amsterdam
Does the spirit of personalisation extend to councils allowing people to spend direct payments on sexual services? Vern Pitt examines a debate that has divided social workers
10 August 2010
