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y Paul R. Pace, News staff Four social workers are among the members of a newly formed Institute of Medicine committee that will examine the state of end-of-life care in the U.S. The Committee on Transforming End-of-Life Care is charged with developing a consensus study and technical report on the [...]News
7 hours ago
News, comment, blogposts and tweets across the sectorClare HortonClaire BurkeSarah Johnson
7 hours ago
Conservative homophobes have held sway in the party against its reforming wing – until now. But can they all be reconciled?
If only those Conservative backbenchers who are now so exercised about the evils of same-sex marriage would swivel their eyes back to the speech David Cameron made a few[...]
If only those Conservative backbenchers who are now so exercised about the evils of same-sex marriage would swivel their eyes back to the speech David Cameron made a few[...]
7 hours ago
Experts from the National Childbirth Trust and The Lullaby Trust answer your questions on cot death and co-sleepingDenis CampbellGuardian readers
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Former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit also warns that legislation could allow him to marry his son to escape inheritance taxThe determination of David Cameron to press ahead with legalising gay marriage opens up the possibility of a lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial inseminatio[...]
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Effective early intervention can support those at risk of joining gangs to build better livesGirls and young women with links to gangs are among the most at risk group of children in our communities. Yet through effective early intervention, involving both children's services and adult social care, [...]
7 hours ago
Compared with normal care, telehealth can achieve better and faster health outcomes, better adherence to medication, and increased productivityThe debate around remote care frequently stalls on the matter of expensive or complicated equipment, but often people have all the technology they need sitti[...]
8 hours ago
It can be difficult to detect adult abuse, but councils need to do more to raise awareness of the services availableWhile shocking stories in the news about the abuse and neglect of elderly people in care homes and people with physical or learning disabilities rightly provokes outrage, the abuse of [...]
8 hours ago
When you're trying to prove yourself, it can be very difficult to speak up and admit you're struggling with a large caseloadI recently found myself, for the second time in a year, returning home from work and bursting into tears. I cried so much that my whole body ached, and for the next three weeks[...]
8 hours ago
Government guidance notes offer an insight into the startling complexity around how benefit assessments will be madeAs the roll out of universal credit nears, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has begun distributing a range of guidance notes on how various assessments will be made.Recently,[...]
9 hours ago
Tina Papalabropoulos died of aspiration pneumonia. As a report into her death is published, her mother speaks out about negligent care, the struggle for recognition, and her unwitting role in Tina's deathJosh StraussRichard SprengerMustafa Khalili
9 hours ago
Men who fear ridicule from women for talking about masculinity understandably clam up. Matriarchy has a lot to answer forThe past week has again highlighted the inexplicable absence of an intelligent discussion conducted by men about ourselves. It's followed a familiar pattern: a leading female comm[...]
10 hours ago
In a British economy addicted to property inflation, the government's Help to Buy scheme threatens Fannie Mae-style disasterThe French call it l'esprit de l'escalier, that brilliant thought on the way out, too late for some brilliant aperçu. Alas, that is Sir Mervyn King's parting contribution as h[...]
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When film-maker Anna Hall found out about the exploitation of girls in Telford, she had to bring the evidence to a wider publicAnna Hall is nothing if not patient. It was 17 years ago, over a cup of coffee in her adopted home city of Leeds, when she first heard that some British Pakistani men were g[...]
11 hours ago
DOBSON — In what Chairman Eddie Harris called “the end of an era,” the Surry County Board of Commissioners presented outgoing Social Services Director Wayne Black with a plaque recognizing his decade of service to Surry County at the helm of the department. The action came as the board met for[...]
Mount Airy News via Google News 12 hours ago
Jennifer Smith, acting director, CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning, Peter Gogarty and David Muxlow, team leader of the Diocesan Child Protection Unit, at the opening. TWO Hunter child protection support agencies will celebrate new Mayfield ...
theherald.com.au via Google News 12 hours ago
After less than six months on the job, the director of the Missouri Department of Social Services resigned Monday. Gov. Jay Nixon announced Alan Freeman's move in a news release, saying the director will return to his position as president and chief ...
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13 hours ago
Mambalam police busted the gang which ran a social service initiative and collected large sums of money from people whom they approached with medical reports and photographs of people with medical complications. “The trio would first find out about such ...
The Hindu via Google News 13 hours ago
HONG KONG, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrow Electronics, Inc.( http://www.arrow.com ) (NYSE: ARW) announced that Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. was honored with the Caring Company logo by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), a reflection of ...
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15 hours ago
Killing by a man who already had a murder conviction shows failure of society and officialdom in acting on domestic violenceJane Martinson
15 hours ago
Copies of private records of Erie County residents that used the Department of Social Services, were left in boxes and totes in a sub-basement of the Rath Building that went unsecured for years. Workers then put many of those un-shredded documents at the ...
WKBW-TV via Google News 15 hours ago
“I'm quite optimistic; we've got a really good person in as chief executive of the College of Social Work [Annie Hudson], a strong chair in Jo [Cleary], we've got a strong Adass [Association of Directors of Adult Social Services]president this year who's very ...
CommunityCare.co.uk via Google News 16 hours ago
Rebel Tories are defeated in Commons after PM's last minute plea to Ed MilibandThe government's gay marriage bill was saved after David Cameron was forced to rely on Ed Miliband to defeat an attempt by his own MPs to derail the measure by trying to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.A[...]
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Relatives of domestic violence victim say her murder in 2008 by former boyfriend Marc Chivers must be catalyst for changeThe family of a woman strangled by her former boyfriend has called on the home secretary, Theresa May, to set up a Stephen Lawrence-style public inquiry to examine why victims of [...]
16 hours ago
David Cameron forced to look to Labour to save bill as Tory opponents attempt to limit its scopeDeep divisions in the Conservative party were highlighted late on Monday when Tory MPs clashed during a lengthy debate on the gay marriage bill which survived a series of challenges from traditionalists.T[...]
16 hours ago
Flagship government policy to reform care funding will be highly complex to implement and increase workloads for council practitioners, warns report from the King's Fund.
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23 hours ago
By Paul R. Pace, News staff Four social workers are among the members of a newly formed Institute of Medicine committee that will examine the state of end-of-life care in the U.S. The Committee on Transforming End-of-Life Care is charged with developing a consensus study and technical report on the [...]
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The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP), of which NASW is a member, recently released the 3rd edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. These interdisciplinary guidelines can be used to develop, guide, and enhance palliative care programs acros[...]
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Because HIV, HCV, and HBV are all blood-borne infections transmitted through similar patterns of behavior, co-infection is an important emerging public health issue. About 3 million adults in the United States are infected with Hepatitis C, most of which are baby boomers. However, between 65-75% o[...]
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New Edition of National Consensus Project Palliative Care Guidelines Released NASW Participates in Revision Task Force The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP), of which NASW is a member, recently released the 3rd edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Pallia[...]
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By Rena Malai, News staff North Koreans used solitary confinement as a way to break down U.S. prisoners of war during the Korean War, broadcast journalist Ted Koppel said recently on “Rock Center with Brian Williams.” Koppel’s report highlighted 17-year-old James Stewart, an incarcerated juven[...]
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is launching a series of co-sponsored webinars on various aspects of the Omnibus HIPAA Rulemaking. The 90-minute webinars are specifically designed for smal[...]
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June 11, 2013 Exclusively for Specialty Practice Sections Member Webinar After Incarceration: When the Parent Returns Home Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET Credit Hours: 1.5 CEU(s) Presenter: • Lauren Anzaldo, MSW, LCSW, CAP Moderator: • Melvin Wilson, LCSW, MBA Every year in th[...]
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