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Adoption UK's chief executive hits out at current system

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:10:22 GMT

Article Detail: One in three potential adoptive parents are currently being lost from the system. That is according to Jonathan Pearce, Adoption UK's chief executiv... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Govt announces plan to reform adoption process

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:45:24 GMT

Article Detail: The coalition has confirmed that it is to reform the way people in England are checked to see if they are suitable to adopt children. To this end, i... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Social housing residents are 'largely satisfied', study finds

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:37:09 GMT

Article Detail: A new study has suggested that people who occupy social housing are largely satisfied with their accommodation. The report, conducted by the Homes... more details
Categor(ies): Housing association

Westminster City Council proposes radical changes to social housing system

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:15:42 GMT

Article Detail: In an interesting new move, Westminster City Council has suggested that parents whose children are persistent truants could fall down the social-hous... more details
Categor(ies): Local authority

Burnham attacks govt over NHS reforms

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:14:01 GMT

Article Detail: As part of reforms to the healthcare system, hundreds of senior figures within the NHS have been sent letters asking for their resignation. That i... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Responsibility for local care to be shared, govt confirms

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:32:13 GMT

Article Detail: Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that the NHS and local authorities will share responsibility for elderly care, explaining that the ref... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Reforms for long-term care 'to be introduced by 2025'

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:54:57 GMT

Article Detail: Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, has suggested that reforms to long-term care for the elderly may not take effect for another 15 years. His c... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Radical changes proposed to hospitals in Northern Ireland

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:56:12 GMT

Article Detail: Acute hospital numbers in Northern Ireland could be halved in order to provide more treatment outside the region's wards. The change could be impl... more details
Categor(ies): Housing association

Croydon Council offered unusual solution to housing crisis

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:45:25 GMT

Article Detail: In a bid to ease the housing crisis, a leading property developer has offered Croydon Council nearly 100 homes in Manchester and Walsall. The move... more details
Categor(ies): Housing association

Social work support needed 'more than ever'

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:44:03 GMT

Article Detail: More than ever, full social work support is needed for vulnerable children, families and adults. That is the view of Hilton Dawson, chief executiv... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Govt 'intends to cut social work education grant'

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:07:43 GMT

Article Detail: The coalition intends to impose an 18 per cent cut to the social work education grant in 2012-13, according to the British Association of Social Work... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Archbishop of York calls for reform to social care system

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:21:51 GMT

Article Detail: In an open letter to the prime minister, the Archbishop of York has called for swift reform to the way care is funded for older people in England. ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Minister launches new home care service

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:20:18 GMT

Article Detail: Northern Ireland health minister Edwin Poots has announced the launched of a new high-tech scheme which will mean that more patients will be able to ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Report criticises govt reforms

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:12:12 GMT

Article Detail: A new report has revealed that the coalition's ambition to appoint 4,200 more health visitors is leading to multi-skilled nursing teams working acros... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

'National framework required to solve care home system'

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:11:11 GMT

Article Detail: A leading Yorkshire-based entrepreneur has claimed that a new national framework is required if the quality of care homes is to be improved. Lawrenc... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

NHS reforms 'causing chaos', report finds

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:21:43 GMT

Article Detail: Recent reforms madder to the NHS continue to "cause chaos" on the group. That is according to the British Medical Association (BMA), which opposes t... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Life expectancy gap is growing, study finds

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:20:18 GMT

Article Detail: New figures have revealed that the life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest people in Wales is widening. Public Health Wales observed tha... more details
Categor(ies): Homeless

Surrey social care staff prepare for winter weather

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:05:27 GMT

Article Detail: Social care staff in Surrey are determined to battle through wintery conditions to help frail and vulnerable people in the county. Last year, staff ... more details
Categor(ies): Social Workers

Brits think social ills are public's responsibility, survey finds

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:02:00 GMT

Article Detail: A new survey has suggested that Britons are increasingly looking to themselves for solutions to social problems rather than the state. The National ... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Care for the elderly is 'juggernaut coming at you'

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:01:02 GMT

Article Detail: MPs have been warned that under the current social care system, the risk of needing care in old age is a "juggernaut coming at you". That is the vie... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Govt announces reforms to NHS

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:44:30 GMT

Article Detail: Under new government plans, NHS patients could be given access to drugs which have not been fully developed. New early access proposals would open u... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Obese child taken into care

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:43:00 GMT

Article Detail: It has been revealed that a five-year-old has become one of the youngest children to be taken into care for being obese. The parents were doing too ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Public set to gain access to NHS prescription data

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:03:05 GMT

Article Detail: Under the government's Open Data initiative, information on GP prescribing and a range of other subjects will become available to the public over the... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

PM discusses child poverty issues

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:08:39 GMT

Article Detail: It is "illogical" that child poverty is recorded relative to average income, according to prime minister David Cameron. Explaining his viewpoint, Mr... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Govt concedes child poverty target is unattainable

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:07:46 GMT

Article Detail: Combating the problem of child poverty by stimulating family income through benefits is a narrow approach which "looks set to have failed". This is ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Welsh govt considers plans for new social care centre

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:19:33 GMT

Article Detail: Over the next few weeks, Newport council chiefs hope to discover whether a proposal for a health and social care centre for the east of Gwent has the... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Reforms to funding 'key' to social care improvements

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:15:59 GMT

Article Detail: Unless community-based care projects were funded and voluntary organisations equation joining up health and social care would fail. That is the warn... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Audit Commission: Joining up health and social care is 'inconsistent'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:14:30 GMT

Article Detail: Despite considerable effort, the progress made in joining up health and social care is inconsistent. This is according to a new report by the Audit ... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation

Report calls for better services for depression victims

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:13:26 GMT

Article Detail: A new report has claimed that services for suicidal young men in Northern Ireland should be advertised more widely. According to the Public Health A... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Final Week of Movember fever for Capita ITash

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:12:07 GMT

Article Detail: A whopping £1,378 has been raised so far!! Thank you to everybody who kindly donated and well... more details
Categor(ies): General