Care Applications Soar After Baby P Case
More applications to take children into care are being issued than at any time since the present system of child protection was established.
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More applications to take children into care are being issued than at any time since the present system of child protection was established.
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Thousands of children unofficially cared for by adults who are not close relations are “invisible” and vulnerable to abuse, an adoption charity said today.
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The head of a local authority under fire after the death of seven children has rejected a formal council vote calling for his resignation.
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If there’s one thing to be said about being a parliamentary candidate, it’s that no day is ever the same. It also puts you face to face with the reality of situations and circumstances that all too often are glossed over in white papers with predictable and vacuous politi-speak.
Read MoreWho’d be a social worker? In the wake of the Baby P inquiry, those charged with protecting children from abuse have been vilified as useless and uncaring. Jeremy Laurance joins the unwelcome visitors in one of Britain’s most troubled neighbourhoods, and witnesses the mistrust and frustration they face – every day.
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Most of us would rather not think about what we are going to do when we, our par-ents and partners are too old and infirm to look after ourselves and care at home becomes unaffordable.
Read MoreA Bicester addiction counsellor who bought wine for an alcoholic patient and discussed his sexual exploits with another has been struck off.
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THE OWNER of an elderly care home which was forced by a court to shut down has appealed against the decision.
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Consultants have been called in by Birmingham City Council to find ways to help frail elderly and disabled people live for longer in their own homes.
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Children’s secretary, Ed Balls, has launched a Whitehall-based plan to improve children’s services, following the Baby P case at Haringey.
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