Health

2008

March

The 5Rs to helping people with multiple sclerosis

January

Modern-day pessimism is making our children ill

2007

December

Why incapacity benefit changes won’t work

The impact of delayed discharge fees

November

The impact of environmental housing conditions on the health and well-being of children

Children with complex health and social care needs

Research abstracts: Children with complex needs

Health screening at the ExtraCare Charitable Trust older people’s homes

The Risk Factor: a woman with Downs syndrome develops delusional beliefs

August

My first dealings with medics benefited a challenging client 

Hospice at home: an award winning service

June
Practice Based Commissioning

How an asylum seeker bonded with her HIV support worker

May
An end to the MMR guilt trip for blameless parents 

Doctors should heal the ill and not be social workers 

The strengths of occupational therapy in rehabilitating stroke victims

Practice Panel: A pregnant woman is deserted by her partner then finds she has multiple sclerosis. Our experts advise…

Social worker prevails in case for double amputee’s independence 

April
Assistive technology projects to help elderly people and those with dementia

January
A way with words 

2006

December
Organising staff’s Christmas rota. Giles Gardner reports from Devon Council

November
Jobcentre Minus

Blow hot and cold

Whistle while you work

October
The Big Issue’s John Bird explains why he is an unofficial social worker

Management and ethics: how staff should air their views. By Meic Phillips

Jobcentres: a source of misinformation?

Complaints procedures: what are the implications of the new regulations for social services?

September
My Practice James Lampert 

Why joint commissioning isn’t the be all and end all of service management

Centre for the Development of Social Care Practice leads the way in university and local authority partnerships 

Commissioning – How managers can avoid costly failures

August
Underclaiming of benefits

Team building can reduce stress

Communication is vital to social care department’s culture

Organisational culture is crucial to improving social care management

Networking for public information officers

July
Jobcentre Plus wrong to deny use of paper forms

Recent cases show benefit changes

June
Measures to help people into work have the opposite effect

My Practice – James Lampert 

May
Work permits

Fashion victims

From the grapevine

Sorry, not my department

April
All good sense

Times are a-changin’

Relative merits

Care home brings down agency staff bill

March
The computer says no

Who to turn to now?

February
Listen and Learn

Pick up that phone

My Practice – James Lampert 

January
Closing remarks

Improving health services for young people

Bargaining power

Saving stimulus

2004

December
Transfer traumas

My practice – Meic Phillips

November
A costly mistake

My practice – James Lampert

October
What’s in a word

Worse off working

September
Switch to credit

Fair play and foul

August
A few home truths 

Routes to redress

The missing links

July
Funding farrago

My Practice – James Lampert

Taking exception

June
Bad year all round

May
Benefits of youth

Playing catch-up

April
I have news for you

The healthy whole 

A capital offence

March
All EU must know

Credit where its due

February
Confusion rules

Its pay back time

January
Cash on demand
 
The alphabenefits 

2003

December
Look back in anger 

November
No claim, no gain

A form of help

Seamless service

October
Pilots airborne 

Bad form, in short

September
System failure

Defining moments

August
How can I help you?

Care chaos ahead

July
Taxing the system

June
Let’s get personal

Peaks and troughs

May
In-credit-able! 

Tonic for patients

April
A benefit is born 

March
A credit to us all

January
Make allowances

2002

November
Social insecurity

October
A farewell to giros

Start and stop