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Social Care and Mental Health in the 21st Century

By Jenny Graydon19th March 2006Engage

Jenny Graydon, CEO of GAMH on Social Care and Mental Health in the 21st Century

Community Health and Social Care Partnerships

By Iain MacDonald19th March 2006Engage

The organisation and management of Glasgow’s health and social care services is changing. Care Appointments Scotland investigates Glasgow’s new Community Health and Social Care Partnerships (CHSCPs)…

Intermediate Care Lets People Live Independent Lives

By Sam Poddar19th March 2006Engage

Sam Poddar, Chairman of Lambhill Court Ltd, argues that intermediate care lets people live independent lives and receive care in their own homes

Cash crisis ‘won’t hit patients’

By BBC18th March 2006News England

The Health Secretary has rejected claims patients will suffer because of the NHS cash crisis, after a hospital trust said it was cutting 1,000 jobs. Patricia Hewitt also denied that the raft of current NHS reforms had caused the present financial problems, adding that they would actually solve them.

Carers’ human rights being breached

By Carers UK18th March 2006News England

A new report published by Carers UK reveals that people who care for their elderly, sick or disabled relatives are being let down because public authorities are failing to implement the Human Rights Act. This is having serious, and potentially life-threatening, consequences.

Staffing crisis closes hospital

By BBC18th March 2006News Scotland

Glencoe is to lose its local hospital temporarily A Highland hospital is to close temporarily because it does not have enough staff. Ten patients are to be transferred from Glencoe Hospital to the Belhaven Ward at Belford Hospital in Fort William.

Reinforcing Parental Responsibility: Parent Support Advisors

By GNN17th March 2006News England

Parents will get extra help in tackling their children’s poor behaviour or attendance at school, and encouraged to play a more effective role in supporting their teachers, Schools Minister Jacqui Smith confirmed today.

Award for Council Chair

By Iain MacDonald16th March 2006News Wales

Mutale Nyoni, Chair of the Care Council for Wales, has won an award in recognition of her work at BAWSO – Black and Asian Women Step Out.

Changes to childcare training

By Iain MacDonald16th March 2006News Wales

A training pack that aims to improve social care for children in Wales has been re-launched.
Nid ar Chwarae Bach 2 (Gweithio Gyda Phlant yng Nghymru – Working with Children in Wales) is a bilingual resource that will promote effective support for children in Wales, whether they communicate through the medium of Welsh or English.