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74% of home care providers 'deliver a good service'

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:00:40 GMT

Article Detail: The majority of providers appear to be meeting official standards on the delivery of home care, according to a new report. As the Care Quality Commi... more details
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Jobs in social care to be offered at former care home in Yorkshire

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:55:13 GMT

Article Detail: A former council-run care home in Yorkshire is set to be transformed into a health and social care hub thanks to a £1 million investment. York Car... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community | Social Workers

Social work regulator reveals small minority of complaints

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:24:55 GMT

Article Detail: Social work regulator General Social Care Council (GSCC) has published the results of its Regulating Social Workers 2001-11 report. It found that ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community | Social Workers

Councils pulling social workers from mental health trusts

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:56:32 GMT

Article Detail: Two-fifths of local authorities in the UK are pulling their social workers from mental health trusts, which are under NHS management. According to... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation | Residential and Community | Social Workers

Neath Port Talbot Council taking on social workers

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:49:38 GMT

Article Detail: Neath Port Talbot Council in south Wales has taken on 40 social workers, with the intention of hiring more in the future, to deal with a crisis in ch... more details
Categor(ies): Legislation | Residential and Community | Social Workers

Samantha Cameron launches Carers Week

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:09:31 GMT

Article Detail: Samantha Cameron has shown her support for both unpaid carers and those who work in hospices taking care of terminally ill children. The prime min... more details
Categor(ies): Disabled | Residential and Community | Social Workers

Health service ombudsman welcomes report on elderly care

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:50:35 GMT

Article Detail: The Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People released its final report on how to tackle poor and undignified care of the elderly in care homes ... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community | Social Workers

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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

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

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

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
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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

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

Chancellor set to announce rise in free nursery places

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:14:49 GMT

Article Detail: Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce that more than 250,000 toddlers are to be given free nursery or childcare places. In an effort to encou... more details
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Social workers could be forced to pay double to keep their places on register

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:12:39 GMT

Article Detail: Under new regulations, social workers in England may be forced to pay double to keep their place on the social work register. That's because in July... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Social providers 'lack focus'

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:09:35 GMT

Article Detail: The Commons Health Committee has been told that social care providers are not as focused on projecting a positive image of the profession as they oug... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Govt urged to take swift action to improve social care

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:00:15 GMT

Article Detail: The government has been urged to make swift reforms to the social care system after an inquiry uncovered basic breaches of human rights. Already, of... more details
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Home care 'breaches human rights', inquiry finds

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:55:45 GMT

Article Detail: A public enquiry has concluded that basic care for the elderly in their own homes is of such a lowly standard that it actually braches human rights a... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community

Ofsted reveals that majority of children's services are good or better

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:12:01 GMT

Article Detail: Ofsted has revealed it believes the majority of services for children and young people are good or better. Around 28 authorities are providing excel... more details
Categor(ies): Residential and Community | Social Workers

Families Need Fathers calls for bigger changes to childcare system

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:07:08 GMT

Article Detail: Campaign group Families Need Fathers has hit out at changes to the childcare process after a new six-month deadline to determine the long-term future... more details
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Govt set to introduce new deadline for childcare decisions

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:04:55 GMT

Article Detail: The government has vowed to introduce a six-month deadline for decisions on the care of children after a report by David Norgrove, a former senior ci... more details
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Review calls for six-month deadline in childcare cases

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:03:34 GMT

Article Detail: An official review has determined that childcare decisions in family courts should be made within six months. In the report, David Norgrove, a forme... more details
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Schools are becoming 'surrogate families', says Ofsted chief

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:12:20 GMT

Article Detail: Sir Michael Wilshaw, the new head of Ofsted, has claimed that schools are being forced to act as "surrogate families". This, he said, is because an ... more details
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Former NHS chief calls for 'fundamental changes'

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:57:08 GMT

Article Detail: Critical change is needed to make care services sustainable. This is according to Nigel Crisp, the former NHS chief, who has claimed that the govern... more details
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Healthy charity calls for 'democratic revolution' in care homes

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:03:33 GMT

Article Detail: A "democratic revolution" is needed in the way care homes in the UK are run, it has been claimed. Leading health charity Sue Ryder, which specialise... more details
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Harrow County Council approves social care changes

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:10:14 GMT

Article Detail: The cabinet of Harrow County Council have approved changes to the way social care services will be provided, it has been confirmed. Under the newly-... more details
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Oxfordshire councillor aims to improve care system

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:22:33 GMT

Article Detail: A senior figure at Oxfordshire County Council has spoken of his determination to improve the county's care system. Reflecting on his experiences as ... more details
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Inquiry launched into sexual abuse

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:53:44 GMT

Article Detail: The deputy children's commissioner has claimed that thousands of children in England are being horrifically abused by gangs. As she launches an inqu... more details
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Wakefield Council to discuss plans to make cuts

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:04:05 GMT

Article Detail: As part of a radical overhaul designed to cope with spending cuts, council chiefs in Wakefield have suggested that they could enter into partnerships... more details
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NHS staff to assume control of community services

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:05:34 GMT

Article Detail: A new social enterprise system is set to see former NHS staff assume operational control of a range of community services in Surrey, BBC News has rep... more details
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Survey reveals satisfaction of people under social care

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:13:04 GMT

Article Detail: New research published by the NHS has shown that as many as one in ten people under the care of social care staff either feel life is 'bad', 'very ba... more details
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Wokingham Borough Council pledges to support social care businesses

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:16:51 GMT

Article Detail: Wokingham Borough Council has announced that entrepreneurs hoping to create local firms offering social care can now apply for start-up grants of up ... more details
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Social care workers to discuss strike action

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:11:23 GMT

Article Detail: Representatives of social care workers in Southampton are to meet tomorrow (September 15th) to discuss the possibility of launching strike action in ... more details
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New mental health service set up in Guernsey

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:57:26 GMT

Article Detail: People in Guernsey with mild to moderate mental health problems are now able to benefit from a new service, BBC News has reported. This is because t... more details
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Rising number of social care workers found guilty of misconduct

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:59:53 GMT

Article Detail: New figures have revealed that a rising number of people working in social care in Northern Ireland have been found guilty of misconduct, BBC News ha... more details
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Dumfries and Galloway social services found guilty of safety failings

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:52:36 GMT

Article Detail: An audit of Dumfries and Galloway social services has uncovered a series of health and safety failings, BBC News has reported. The audit identified ... more details
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