The leader and cabinet member for children at Haringey have both survived an attempt to oust them. Cllrs George Meehan and Liz Santry will remain in thier posts after Lib Dem members tabled a motion of no confidence in the pair.

A children’s hospice has decided to suspend its community outreach service over uncertainty about cash invested in a failed Icelandic bank.

Terminally ill people and their families are being let down by failings in end of life care, a watchdog says. The National Audit Office said while most people wanted to die at home, the majority ended their days in hospital.

Practitioners working in services for children and young people are being equipped with the latest ideas and techniques, thanks to a programme delivered through the University of Chester.

SOUTH Devon College is celebrating after being announced as an AoC Beacon Award winner. The Awards, which this year celebrate 15 years of rewarding outstanding teaching and learning in further education colleges, were announced at a ceremony hosted by comedian, writer, musician and philanthropist, Tony Hawks, at the AoC’s annual conference in Birmingham.

BOSSES have vowed to try to find alternative employment for dozens of disabled workers who face losing their jobs under plans to shut a factory.

MERSEYSIDE is reviewing social services cases jointly held by councils, police and health authorities following the death of Baby P. At the suggestion of Merseyside Police’s chief constable Bernard Hogan-Howe, the force along with councils’ children services and PCTs are reviewing all jointly held cases.

The appalling life and death of Baby P has touched a national nerve in a way that the deaths of other babies killed by their parents or carers did not, even though their plight was equally shocking. Perhaps one reason is that the council involved with Baby P was Haringey and the link to the Climbie case, in the same borough eight years ago, was an easy one for the media, even though the cases and the context were different.

UNION bosses are set to fight plans to privatise the jobs of more than 70 Calderdale home helps. The move was agreed by councillors in March in a bid to save £200,000 a year.

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a guide to assessing and supporting adults with autism after the charity’s I Exist campaign revealed a widespread lack of understanding and training in the condition amongst social care professionals.