Police chiefs promise NHS: we will crack down on violent patients

Police chiefs promise NHS: we will crack down on violent patients
Police chiefs yesterday promised the NHS a crackdown on violent behaviour against healthcare staff in England. The Association of Chief Police Officers said it will investigate every reported incident of violence or abuse on NHS premises and “put pressure on the courts and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure offenders receive tougher sentencing.”
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 8

Alert as boy, 12 sneaks on to jet
A 12-year-old boy ran away from a children’s home and managed to sneak on to a plane at Gatwick without a passport or ticket.
Source:- The Sun, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 1

Minister backs benefits of choice
Labour needs to embrace rather than apologise for its programme of extending competition in the public services as it shapes its platform for a fourth term in government, Blairite pensions minister James Purnell argues in a new article for eustonmanifesto.org, a comment forum for new thinking on the left.
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 8

Most hate crime victims suffer in silence
Most victims of racist and homophobic crime do not report their experiences to the police and often suffer ongoing victimisation which they regard as part of everyday life, according to a report by Victim Support published today.
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 11

Instant justice proposal sparks police outcry
The disclosure that senior police officers want to see the introduction of instant justice powers including town centre banning orders, sparked a barrage of criticism, including from rank-and-file police constables.
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 11

What is the voluntary sector doing to dispel recurring criticism?
Last week’s report by the Centre for Policy Studies represents the latest attack on how charities raise and spend money.
Source:- Society Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 3

Interview with Youth Justice Board chair Rod Morgan
The number of young people in custody in England and Wales is approaching 3,000. But rather than protecting the public, prison only serves to criminalise offenders, says the chair of the Youth Justice Board
Source:- Society Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 5

Home Office ignored court injunction on deportation
A senior judge told immigration officials yesterday they had failed to comply with instructions to the Home Office when they pressed ahead with the deportation of a Turkish family despite a high court injunction blocking their removal.
In a ruling later this week Mr Justice Collins is expected to find the Home Office in contempt of court and to award damages to Fadile Parmaksiz and her three children after they were deported to Germany last month.
Ms Parmaksiz claimed asylum when she arrived in Britain having travelled via Germany in July 2002.
Source:- The Guardian, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 4

Jail terms to be cut to free cells
Thousands of prisoners will be freed ten days early freed ten days early in an effort to ease overcrowding in jails, under plans being considered by the Home Office.
Source:- The Times, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 2

Egg man Asbo
A campaigner for father’s rights who smashed an egg over the head of Ruth Kelly, the cabinet minister, has been made the subject of an antisocial behaviour order.
Source:- The Times, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 4

High cost of school
Parents will spend an average of  £1,300 this year for each child going to a state school, research by Norwich Union has found.
Transport was the highest cost, averaging £300 per child.
Source:- Daily Mirror, Wednesday 16 August 2006, page 22

Scottish news

Scheme will let 75,000 old people stay at home
Up to 75,000 elderly and vulnerable people will be able to stay in their own homes rather than go into care thanks to an £8m project.
Charities welcomed the move by the Scottish executive to make the cash available to local authorities to invest in telecare technology.
All 32 Scottish councils will benefit from the funding, announced by Communities Minister Malcolm Chisholm when he visited Colinshiel Court, Armadale, West Lothian, one of the places the technology was piloted.
Source:- The Herald, Wednesday 16 August 2006
 
Care home three face court
The owners of a care home where 14 elderly residents died in a fire are to appear in court next month.
Thomas Balmer, his wife Anne and their son Alan will attend a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow in connection with alleged safety breaches at Rosepark Care Home.
The residents died in a fire at the home in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, in January 2004.
Source: The Record, Wednesday 16 August 2006

Welsh news

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