Is obesity a child protection issue?
How should social workers react when presented with a very overweight child? Julie Griffiths reports on whether official guidelines are needed
01 September 2010
MPs reject return to ring fencing for Supporting People
MPs today rejected calls to reinstate the ring fence for Supporting People but warned action must be taken to protect funding for vulnerable people receiving housing-related support.
03 November 2009
News digest: NHS bans ageism
Ageism in the NHS, which turns elderly patients into second-class citizens, is to be outlawed.
22 October 2009
Health: Declining stigma attached to mental illness
Stigma is no longer attached to certain conditions. But the urban poor are still its main victims says Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
09 February 2009
Roll-out of mental health advocates may be delayed
The deadline for rolling out independent mental health advocates across England may be missed due to delays at the Department of Health, it has been claimed.
30 October 2008
LGA: Child protection cases among obese children set to rise
Social services will increasingly have to step in to protect dangerously overweight children, the Local Government Association has warned.
08 October 2008
Elderly at risk as alarms replace their wardens
Other headlines in today's papers include: Mum on the run: Pregnant teen flees to Ireland to escape social workers she fears will take her baby; Criminals will have to do community service in 'intensive blocks'; We'll bring back British Bulldog
01 September 2008
News round up: Elderly at risk as alarms replace their wardens
Other headlines in today's papers include: Mum on the run: Pregnant teen flees to Ireland to escape social workers she fears will take her baby; Criminals will have to do community service in 'intensive blocks'; We'll bring back British Bulldog
01 September 2008
Schools used for 'social engineering' - headteacher
Other headlines in today's papers include: Talk therapy for the depressed 'could be wasting millions', say psychotherapists; Doctors told to report knife wounds
07 July 2008
News round up: Schools used for 'social engineering' - headteacher
Other headlines in today's papers include: Talk therapy for the depressed 'could be wasting millions', say psychotherapists; Doctors told to report knife wounds
07 July 2008
Children in care fear crime and street bullies
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20 March 2007
Care-home staff held on suspicion of poisoning
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15 March 2007
Three-year-olds ‘should be told how to stand up for their rights’
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12 March 2007
Parents of Connor McCreaddie agree action with North Tyneside Council over boy's weight
The family of eight-year-old Connor McCreaddie who weighs over 14 stone, and North Tyneside local safeguarding children board made a formal agreement yesterday to tackle his weight problem.
28 February 2007
MPs lambaste dithering government for lack of progress on child obesity
Public health minister Caroline Flint has been forced to defend the government’s record on tackling childhood obesity following a critical report from MPs.
The public accounts committee criticised ministers and officials at three government departments for failing to take “concrete action” to meet a three-year-old target to halt childhood obesity by 2010
25 January 2007
Childhood obesity cited as key health challenge
The government has promised to help parents who are overweight to appreciate the dangers of obesity to themselves and their children.
10 October 2006
Obesity rise amongst boys
Obesity amongst boys aged two to 10 is on the increase according to new official figures out this week.
17 August 2006
Sure Start month takes healthy twist
Early years campaigners have used the launch of National Sure Start Month to call for more to be done to promote healthy eating and exercise for young children, bringing coverage up to the amount aimed at teenagers.
05 June 2006
Action fails to halt rise in obesity levels among children
Efforts to stem the rise in obesity among children have failed to make an impact, new official figures suggest.
21 April 2006
Call for tighter controls on junk food marketed at children
The government has been urged to take action to stop companies marketing unhealthy food to children in the light of the childhood obesity epidemic.
31 January 2006
