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Five Decades Of Suffering ‘Must Lead To Care Reform’

By The Scotsman24th November 2007News Scotland

Survivors of horrific abuse in Scotland’s children’s homes last night urged the government to implement a report that would overhaul child care services and support former residents.

Care Worker Stole Thousands From Elderly Woman

By This Is Cheshire24th November 2007News England

A care home cheat has narrowly escaped prison after embezzling more than £5,500 from an elderly resident.

Newsletter To Net Support For Nurseries

By The Scotsman24th November 2007News Scotland

A campaign group set up to save under-threat nurseries has launched an online newsletter.

So You Want To Work In Social Care?

By Guardian Unlimited24th November 2007News England

Career opportunities are expanding as social services heads into the new century, finds Debbie Andalo.

Councils Turn Backs On Care For Older People

By The Guardian24th November 2007News England

Nearly three-quarters of local authorities in England are rationing social services to exclude tens of thousands of vulnerable people from help with the basic tasks of daily living, official figures revealed last night.

Learning Disabilities Services ‘Low Priority’

By Craegmoor Healthcare24th November 2007News England

People with learning disabilities are low on the government’s list of priorities, charities have claimed, after new figures reveal a shocking withdrawal of services.

Dementia Sufferer Wins Fight For Free Care

By The Daily Telegraph24th November 2007News England

A 94-year-old dementia sufferer has won a High Court fight to force the NHS to pay her nursing home fees.

Children In Care: Report Calls For Scottish Force

By The Herald22nd November 2007News Scotland

A national task group” should be created in Scotland to oversee services for children in care and those living in residential homes, a groundbreaking report said today.

{mosimage}A centre should also be set up to help former victims of abuse in children’s homes, The recommendations came in an report ordered by the Scottish Executive into long-standing abuse in children’s homes across Scotland.

The report by Tom Shaw, former chief inspector of education in Northern Ireland, focused on the the period from 1950 to 1995, the child welfare regulations in place over that period, and how these were enforced.

His findings said that despite extensive and complex regulation, “the requirements weren’t wholly effective in ensuring children’s safety and welfare”. And Mr Shaw warned that problems still exist – 12 years on from 1995, with modern legislation and improved monitoring and inspection.

“In some respects you could say that everything that was identified as needing to be done in 1995 is now in place,” he said.

“And yet, the same problems are occurring, the same needs exist, and the same concerns that motivated government to legislate in 1995 still exist.”

Charity Inspectorate Not Needed, Says Minister

By Society Guardian21st November 2007News England

The government has dismissed calls for a new charity inspectorate to scrutinise the performance and effectiveness of charities.

{mosimage}The call came from Martin Brookes, the director of research at New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), which advises wealthy donors on which causes to support.

He said charities are failing to “adequately record and monitor” the impact of donations. The effect, Brookes said earlier this week, was that millions of pounds a year in public donations to good causes may be going to waste.

What is needed, he said, is a new body running in parallel with the Charity Commission, to produce performance data and rank charities by the value for money they deliver from donations.

But a spokesman for Phil Hope, the cabinet office minister responsible for charities, said the proposal would result in “unacceptable red tape” and insisted that efficiency and effectiveness is already being sufficiently studied by the Charity Commission.

“The government doesn’t believe that a new institution to assess and improve the performance of charities is neccesary or the right way forward,” the Cabinet Office spokesman said.