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A doctor who made a complaint about the clinic where Baby P was seen days before his death is suing the NHS for forcing her out of her job, according to reports.

Kim Holt is seeking £100,000 from Great Ormond Street Hospital, her employer.

Holt was signed off, due to stress, months after filing her complaint in 2006. Holt says she has been prevented from returning to her original post.

Great Ormond Street Hospital supplied doctors to Haringey PCT in north London, where staff failed to identify that Baby P had been badly abused.

Holt's formal complaint was about staff shortages and a "chaotic" appointments system at the clinic.

Two New York City social workers were reportedly beaten up by cops during a child protection visit in the Bronx.

A pair of social workers sent to remove two children from an abusive home ended up being beaten up by cops sent along to assist them. My first reaction to this story was, wow US child protection workers get police back-up? But in this case things took a turn for the worse when the children's father got in a fight with the cops, police back-up was called, and the back-up, not realising who the social workers were, got rough with them.

During the brawl, one of the officers originally on the visit told the social worker to 'do her f*cking job and go get the kids'.

Drama drama!

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Schools will be given extra money to admit children from deprived backgrounds from September next year, the government has announced.

The government has set out its proposal for the Pupil Premium programme to include looked after children. According to statistics, only 15% of this group achieve five GCSEs or equivalents compared to 70% of all children.

Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "Children from poorer backgrounds, who are currently doing less well at school, are falling further and further behind in the qualifications race every year - and that in turn means that they are effectively condemned to even poorer employment prospects, narrower social and cultural horizons, less by way of resources to invest in their own children - and thus a cycle of disadvantage and inequality is made worse with every year that passes."

Gove said addressing this disparity was a "top priority" of the coalition government.

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Dr Jerome Ikwueke, the north London GP who failed to see signs of abuse when examining Peter Connelly in the months leading up to the child's death, is potentially facing being struck off the medical register.

A disciplinary panel has ruled the doctor's fitness to practise was impaired, according to reports, but that a final decision on what sanction to impose would be made at a later date.

Haringey, Haringey - when will you learn? Or have you simply stopped caring about your PR altogether?

The council where the Peter Connelly case occurred is in the news again, this time potentially facing a High Court battle after refusing to hand over documents relating to social workers' care of the child, according to reports.

OnePlace's review of Comprehensive Area Assessment, published today, says councils, police, business and voluntary organisations need to learn from each other and work more closely to improve services and increase value for money.

The report came from six inspectorates- the Audit Commission, the Care Quality Commission, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation and Ofsted.