Children As Young As Six Attempted Suicide
A study has found that children as young as six have tried to take their own lives. The details of the study will be presented at a conference in Killarney, Co Kerry.
Read MoreA study has found that children as young as six have tried to take their own lives. The details of the study will be presented at a conference in Killarney, Co Kerry.
Read MoreMore resources need to be put into mental health services for new mothers and pregnant women, University of Ulster researchers will tell an international conference on suicide prevention today.
Read MoreA drive to recruit thousands more childcare workers and classroom assistants in Wales has got under way. Children’s minister Jane Hutt said current staff would also be helped to improve skills and qualifications.
Read MoreA council whose social services department is the subject of “serious concerns” is considering £2,000 “golden hellos” to tempt experienced social workers to join.
Read MoreAbout 700 mental health workers are on strike in Manchester in protest at the suspension of a shop steward. The three-day walkout has led to some psychiatric patients being moved to centres up to 100 miles away, while others have been sent home.
{mosimage}Public sector union Unison said it was shocked at the move but Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust has said that it had no alternative. Karen Reissmann, a psychiatric nurse, was suspended in June for allegedly bringing the trust into disrepute. Unison claims that Ms Reissmann has been targeted because she is a shop steward who has spoken out against cuts in mental health services.
The union claimed 60 psychiatric patients at North Manchester General Hospital had been moved to private facilities. Although it did not give exact figures, the trust said patients were moved to Alpha Care in Bury and to Affinity Health Care in Darlington.
Sandra Corrigan, one of the nurses on strike, said: “None of them were happy about going, some of them were shouting and screaming out of the taxi windows as they were driven away.” But the trust said those patients that had been moved were settling in well, while 32 were clinically assessed to be fit enough to go home for a short period of leave.
Read MoreThe Office of the Children’s Commissioner, will spend half its project budget tackling violence, abuse and bullying of children. The organisation will spend the money addressing the problem of violence, after young people voted it the most important issue.
Read MoreA Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) on 24 August 2007 decided the case of a social worker from Portsmouth who was alleged to have breached the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers.
Read MoreGovernment guidance for councils on assessing the cost of free nursery places could expose the funding gaps in system, childcare providers said last week. Providers have welcomed the guidance but warn the process may highlight the gulf between funding allocated and the actual costs to providers.
Read MoreA consultation has been launched on a code of practice designed to help healthcare staff make the right decisions about protecting and disclosing patient information. The Code of Practice has been drawn up by the Privacy Advisory Committee.
Read MoreA care home worker has been sacked for abusing elderly people, The Northern Echo can reveal. The woman was dismissed after mobile phone footage emerged showing her goading frail and elderly residents into shouting foul-mouthed abuse at each other.
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