Officials who failed Baby P are forced out

December 2, 2008 in Community Care

Officials who failed Baby P are forced out
Social workers will face annual spot checks as part of sweeping changes to children’s care after the Baby P tragedy in Haringey.

Devastating report reveals Baby P failings
The head of children’s services in the London borough where Baby P died after months of persistent injury and neglect was dismissed from her post yesterday as the government responded to a damning report into the council’s failings.

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Thousands more children at risk
Thousands of Britain’s most vulnerable children are at risk because councils are failing to move swiftly enough to protect them from abuse, it emerged last night.

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Baby P social workers are still drawing full pay while on suspension
Angry MPs yesterday said it was a disgrace the three senior social workers suspended yesterday over the Baby P tragedy are on full pay.

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Inquiry into Baby P’s death was a whitewash, says Ed Balls
The so-called ‘independent’ inquiry into Baby P’s death ordered by Sharon Shoesmith was dismissed as a whitewash yesterday.

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Report is devastating
Children’s secretary Ed Balls yesterday said a report into the failings of Haringey Council’s child protection services was “damning” and “devastating”.

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Single parents on benefits ‘could have to work once child is one’
Single parents could be forced to prepare to return to work when their youngest child reaches the age of one under explosive plans to be unveiled today.
A welfare blueprint drawn up for ministers says they should be made to undertake work and skills training, keep their CV up to date and find out about day care.

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How the NHS betrayed Alzheimer’s patients
The scandal of widespread cutbacks in NHS care affecting thousands of Alzheimer’s patients is exposed today. Almost one in three health trusts admits axing vital services such as district nurses and day centres, leaving desperate families to struggle alone. Fewer than half are running clinics to spot early signs of Alzheimer’s despite soaring numbers of patients

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State urged to help deprived children to communicate
The state should intervene to help bring up the nation’s most disadvantaged children, to tackle a cycle of deprivation which has its roots in poor parenting, according to a report from two thinktanks.
Pupils starting primary school increasingly need to be taught to speak because they have heard little language at home beyond the “daily grunt” from their parents, according to the report. It also says that children growing up in the most deprived homes need lessons in empathy and self-control.