Social care rules ‘inconsistent’ – BBC News
“The rules governing which elderly and disabled people in England are entitled to social care have been criticised.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: social services
Child protection plans ‘failing’ – BBC News
“The man who wrote a damning report into the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie says he ‘despairs’ over further deaths of vulnerable children.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
You should have taken me into care, says man who sued social services – The Times
“A man who says that social workers left him to suffer the most cruel abuse at the hands of his brutal parents won £25,000 damages yesterday in a case that broke new legal ground.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Murder victim was failed by the system – The Guardian
“Police, social workers and other agencies missed dozens of chances to intervene in the case of a man with severe learning difficulties who was tortured and drugged before plunging to his death from a viaduct, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Council takes overweight child into care – The Guardian
“A child has been taken away from his parents because, it is understood, they were not coping with his disability and social workers became anxious about his weight.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Baby battle woman can’t claim data protection exemption for YouTube video, warns expert – OUT-LAW.com
“The woman at the centre of a battle with social services over the future of her unborn baby will not be able to claim an exemption from the UK’s Data Protection Act, a legal expert has warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
Call for scrutiny of professionals in child deaths – Daily Telegraph
“Social Services chiefs are investigating the murders of vulnerable children even though blunders by their own staff may have contributed to the tragedies, writes Ben Leapman.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
YouTube row over social services baby threat – Daily Telegraph
“A heavily pregnant woman is at the centre of an extraordinary legal battle with social workers after she secretly recorded them threatening to take away her newborn baby.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
