Black and ethnic minority people will be disproportionately
affected if Birmingham Council transfers 30 residential homes for
older people to the independent sector, according to a
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Homes transfer move criticised
Blind and partially sighted people in postcode lottery, says coalition report
Six out of 10 blind or partially sighted people never leave the
house unaccompanied, reveals a report examining the health and
social services on offer to people with visual disabilities.
Review aims to foster community cohesion
Former Nottingham Council chief executive Ted Cantle has been
appointed head of the Home Office's community cohesion review team,
which has been set up to consider the issues surrounding
news analysis of single assessment process for older people and London`s acute problems in social services
(It may be advisable to print this document as it is long).
The government is saying that its new procedure will cut down on
the bureaucracy involved in assessing older people's needs.
Industry survey predicts shortage of child care staff
The reluctance of child care workers and students to use formal
child care for their own children will lead to future challenges
around entry, retention and loss in the child care
New equal opportunity job targets set
The Department of Health has published equal opportunity
recruitment goals for primary care trusts, health authorities and
NHS trusts.
Equal but different
Users, carers and the wider public are just as important to the
real picture of long-term care provision and funding as local
authority and NHS commissioners.
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay.
Kate Karban looks at how mental health inquiry reports can inform the debate on mental health law reform and Trish Durkan on pressures on pregnant teenage women.
Mental health inquiries
A review of mental health inquiry reports, drawing out
implications for mental health social work
The reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 looks likely to alter
the
Praise for improvements to council’s children’s services
South Gloucestershire Council was praised by the Audit
Commission and Social Services Inspectorate this week for "notable
improvements" in its children's services, including child
protection
Healing a divided community
It is tempting to declare, in the aftermath of the murder of
Firsat Yildiz in Glasgow, that dispersal of asylum seekers is
simply wrong. Its effects have been overwhelmingly negative.
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay.
South Gloucestershire praised for children`s services
South Gloucestershire Council was praised by the Audit
Commission and Social Services Inspectorate for ``notable
improvements`` in its children’s services, including child
protection
South Gloucestershire praised for children`s services
South Gloucestershire Council was praised by the Audit
Commission and Social Services Inspectorate for "notable
improvements" in its children’s services, including child
protection reviews
Boost to education of foster children
The government is to tackle the educational underachievement of
children looked after by foster carers through its new national
minimum standards for fostering services.
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Ofsted calls for power to scrutinise children’s home groups
Seven in eight commissioners paying below ‘minimum rate for home care’
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