Leicestershire Council Goes Hi-Tech With Social Care Case Files
Leicestershire County Council has implemented a new electronic documents and records management system to improve access to social services case files and other information.
Read MoreLeicestershire County Council has implemented a new electronic documents and records management system to improve access to social services case files and other information.
Read MoreThe Government’s proposed new model for health visiting has sparked fears that many families will be left without access to a health visitor. Children Now understands the Government is considering clarifying the roles of health visitors as part of an imminent shake-up of the profession. The roles could also apply to midwives and children’s nurses.
Read MoreHead teachers who are socially inclusive and embrace the Every Child Matters agenda will improve results, according to a study. The soon-to-be-published National College of School Leadership study examined six schools based in disadvantaged areas.
Read MoreMore must be done to cut the number of former soldiers sleeping rough on London’s streets, a major homelessness conference has heard. In fact, a third of all of rough sleepers are former armed forces personnel, said Caroline Spelman MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Read MoreProposed £3.3 million cuts to the social services budget could cost a council its “excellent” rating, a meeting was told. The adult social care service operated by Blackburn with Darwen Council has a three-star very good’ assessment, as part of annual quality checks by the Audit Commission.
Read MoreTeenagers on work experience were forced to blow the whistle about abuse in a care home, despite regular visits from council and health workers. Two 15-year-old girls reported gross neglected in Elmwood Care Home, Bickley to their school, sparking an inspection from the care home watchdog.
Read MoreA groundbreaking project that gives young people who have been in care a chance to inspect local authority children’s services has been launched at the House of Commons.
Read MoreThe NHS is still spending too much on stand-in nurses to cover absences, with the 2005 bill topping £1bn, MPs say. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee pointed out this was 9% of the total nursing budget.
Read MoreA month-old baby boy is in hospital with serious injuries after falling from a window at a mental health clinic which treats post-natal depression. A 29-year-old woman, understood to be
Read MoreMentally ill prisoners wait significantly longer to be transferred to hospital than their counterparts in the community and the new mental health bill must address this inequality, argue two doctors in this week’s BMJ.
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