The welfare of children must be at the heart of the processes involved in considering whether to take a child into care, Family Justice Minister Harriet Harman said. Ms Harman spoke at a conference organised by The Michael Sieff Foundation with the support of Children Law UK to examine the future of childcare proceedings.
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Thousands of nurses and midwives are to stage one-hour work stoppages outside six medical facilities today. Escalating their campaign for better pay and working hours, hospitals and psychiatric services in Sligo, Louth and Cork will be hit with the industrial action.
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Nurses are considering industrial action over the “slap-in-the-face” offer of a below-inflation pay rise. The Royal College of Nursing’s annual congress will debate an emergency motion, submitted by the organisation’s Welsh board, today.
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A Businessman feared for his life as two hooded men attacked him with claw hammers in a Swansea hotel car park. Bleeding heavily from a leg wound, he staggered to the hotel reception area as the pair escaped with his mobile phone-organiser.
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A Mum has spoken for the first time about her hugely popular youth worker son who took his life just hours after completing a special film. Dean Clement, from Swansea, has been remembered with the launch of the film, called Consequences, which aims to highlight to young people the importance of thinking before they act.
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More than 3,600 nursing posts have been axed in London in the past 18 months, figures show today. Hospital managers have been forced to reduce workforce numbers as they face massive debts and pressure from NHS trusts to save money.
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The powers of Home Office officials to discipline and order the segregation and restraint of prisoners in Britain’s private jails would be handed over to the prison companies under legislation to be debated today by the House of Lords.
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Delays and costs of the multi-billion pound NHS information technology upgrade mean its future is “not looking good”, a group of MPs has said. The Commons public accounts committee, headed by Edward Leigh MP, said urgent action was needed to ensure an adequate service was provided.
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Lives are being put at risk because student nurses are being left on their own with patients, a study has claimed. A poll by the Royal College of Nursing of 1,500 student nurses found nearly half had been left unattended with patients without warning.
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A teacher found guilty of sexually abusing three young boys over a decade has been jailed for 11 years. Peter Shotton, 55, of The Twitten, Albourne, West Sussex, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court after being convicted on 10 counts in February.
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