VULNERABLE children and families in the region are benefiting from a new scheme which helps keep youngsters safe. Family group conferences, which have been developed by Children 1st and Dumfries and Galloway Council, bring together the wider family network so they can develop a plan to protect and support the children in the family.
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A CRUSADING former pupil of a special needs school is fronting a campaign to keep it open. Julie McElroy, of Jordanhill, hopes to stop Richmond Park School in the Gorbals being closed and the pupils moved to another school.
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A new study in Northern Ireland has been welcomed by the country’s health minister. Research which formed part of the A Flourishing Society – Aspiration for Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Northern Ireland report was carried out by the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health (NIAMH).
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WIRRAL Council allowed a “co-ordinated cover-up and serious malpractice” over a special charging policy for vulnerable people, a committee meeting heard last night.
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A new emergency out-of-hours service for carers in Lancashire is to be officially launched in October by Tracey Dawson, widow of Les Dawson and Mo from the Roly Poly’s.
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The first ever official survey of NHS mental health inpatients has revealed high levels of dissatisfaction with services, with only a minority of respondents saying they “always felt safe” on the wards.
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The Roman Catholic Church is urging whistleblowers to speak out against bishops, clergy, monks and nuns who they suspect might be guilty of sexual or other abuse.
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Children’s social workers must value the role of foster carers and recognise them as equal members of the child care team to ensure children are properly looked after, the Fostering Network is warning today.
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AN innovative Inverclyde initiative to help raise awareness of the issue of suicide has won a national award. Choose Life Inverclyde was named Best Partnership Working (Public/Voluntary) at the Association for Public Service Awards in Cardiff.
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BURNSIDE-based Glasgow Liberal Democrat MSP Robert Brown has called for better treatment for dementia sufferers during a debate in the Scottish Parliament on dementia.
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