Care Quality Commission: the NHS watchdog – The Guardian
“The body that regulates both NHS and private health and social care services in England is the Care Quality Commission.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: social services
Baby Peter social workers lose sacking appeal – BBC News
“Two of Baby Peter’s social workers have lost their appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 25th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pair set for child cruelty sentence after forcing son to live in coal bunker – The Independent
“A mother and stepfather who forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal-bunker are behind bars today.”
The Independent, 21st May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Adoption: Ofsted report says courts are biggest cause of delay – BBC News
“The most significant cause of delay for children needing adoption in England is the length of time taken by court proceedings, a report by Ofsted says.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Edlington torture case: report exposes years of violence – Daily Telegraph
“The full scale of a decade of violence and abuse which led to two sadistic brothers aged 10 and 11 kidnapping and torturing two other boys has been laid bare.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (NM) v Islington Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (NM) v Islington Borough Council: [2012] EWHC 414 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 52
“When considering whether a duty of assessment of needs for community care services had arisen under section 47(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 the interpretation of the words ‘may be in need of any such services’ covered both cases of present need and a narrow penumbra of cases of reasonably predictable future need.”
WLR Daily, 29th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals – Law Commission
“The consultation paper makes provisional proposals which seek to simplify and modernise the law and establish a streamlined, transparent and responsive system of regulation of health care professionals, and in England only, the regulation of social workers.”
Law Commission, 1st March 2012
Baby P social workers to appeal over sacking – BBC News
“Two social workers who lost their jobs after the killing of Baby P will appeal against an employment tribunal ruling they were fairly sacked.”
BBC News, 21st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Councils fined after breaches of ‘sensitive’ child welfare papers – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s data protection watchdog has fined two English council bodies a total of £180,000 after finding they had failed to keep ‘highly sensitive information’ about children secure.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Thousands of officials should lose right to enter your home without a warrant, peers say – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of ‘faceless’ officials should lose the right to gain entry to people’s homes without a warrant, under legal changes demanded by the House of Lords tonight.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear social care cost arguments – BBC News
“The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.”
BBC News, 7th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Mental Capacity Act Code needs revising to enable more effective best interests decisions, says Mental Health Foundation – Family Law Week
“The Mental Health Foundation, in partnership with the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol and the Centre for Applied Social Research at the University of Bradford, have published a report calling for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Code of Practice to be revised to enable health and social care staff to make more effective best interests decisions.”
Family Law Week, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Hidden army’ of abuse survivors could sue councils after £1m payout to incest victims – The Guardian
“Four siblings who were sexually abused by their father and uncle have received what is believed to be a record £1m in damages from a social work department that failed to protect them as children.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Child offenders ‘dumped in prison’ as cuts erode social care – The Guardian
“Thousands of children are being imprisoned for minor offences such as playground fights as support services are cut, says Centre for Social Justice thinktank.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Social care leaving elderly to suffer ‘terrible abuse’, says expert coalition – The Guardian
“The government and opposition are being urged to overhaul England’s ‘failing’ social care system, which experts say is leaving 800,000 elderly people ‘lonely, isolated and at risk’. In a letter published in the Telegraph a group of more than 60 government advisers, charity directors and independent experts said failure to meet the challenge of an ageing population was resulting in ‘terrible examples of abuse and neglect’.”
The Guardian, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Joshua Jones inquest: Two-year-old’s death ‘avoidable’ – BBC News
“A coroner has said the death of a two-year-old boy from Cheshire in 2007 could have been avoided if police and social services had acted differently.”
BBC News, 20th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Will the Family Drug and Alcohol Court survive? – The Guardian
“The court gets results – but funding cuts put it under threat.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Record £130,000 child data error fine for Powys council – BBC News
“A council which sent details of a child protection case to the wrong person has received a record £130,000 fine for breaching the Data Protection Act.”
BBC News, 6th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Concerns’ over Kristiana Logina, killed by scalding shower – BBC News
“Health workers had been concerned about a mother who went on to kill her toddler by holding her under a scalding hot shower during the girl’s early life, a report has said.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
