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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
5 hours ago
Killing by a man who already had a murder conviction shows failure of society and officialdom in acting on domestic violenceJane Martinson
5 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 [...]
6 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[...]
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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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Last week, Ian McCaslin left his position as director of the $8.5 billion Medicaid program, which is part of the social services department. Officials have declined to say whether McCaslin resigned or was ousted. McCaslin told the Associated Press that he had ...
STLtoday.com via Google News 7 hours ago
Downing Street has said amendment to gay marriage bill could cost £4bn, but Labour and others have questioned figureIt was the big number in Monday's front-page stories: Downing Street's warning that the bill to legalise gay marriage could cost an extra £4bn.This, it was claimed, is how much a Tor[...]
7 hours ago
Leading Tory MPs is far harder than herding a sackful of kittensNo sign of David Cameron in the Commons chamber. Perhaps he was lying in a darkened room, or consulting a hermit on top of a Himalayan mountain. His party appears to be disintegrating into endless factions beneath him. Loonies versus so[...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The director of the Missouri Department of Social Services has resigned after five months on the job. Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that Alan Freeman has stepped down to return to his previous private-sector job as president and ...
CBS Los Angeles via Google News 7 hours ago
Mother and charity claim doctors provided inadequate care because of attitudes based on woman's disabilitiesA catalogue of mistakes by an out-of-hours GP service and a hospital contributed to the death of a young woman with physical and learning disabilities, the NHS ombudsman says on Tuesday in a h[...]
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General assembly votes to allow congregations to admit gay ministers but only if they specifically elect to do soThe Church of Scotland, the country's largest Protestant church, has narrowly voted to admit gay and lesbian ministers after traditionalists agreed to compromise after four years of divis[...]
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Ratings published every year will take into account safety, effectiveness and patient experience at GP practicesEngland's 34,000 family doctors will face Ofsted-style inspections overseen by a new chief inspector of general practice to secure "safe and responsive care", the health secretary, Jeremy [...]
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Bed-sharing newborns five times more likely to die suddenly than those who sleep in a cot, study showsThe controversy over whether parents should share a bed with newborns has been reignited by research showing that babies who do are five times more likely to die suddenly than those who sleep in a c[...]
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Review concludes that decision to remove eastern European children from couple was taken in children's best interestsA council that sparked outrage after taking three eastern European children away from their Ukip-supporting foster parents has apologised over its handling of the case after a review [...]
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If the Tories do not pull themselves together very soon the party will have forfeited its case for re-electionWhat, and for whom, does today's – and tomorrow's – Conservative party stand? In various periods in the past, it has been possible to answer that question with some clarity. Before 1832,[...]
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The revelation that councils are forking out billions on temporary accommodation comes as no surprise (Housing bill rockets as councils are forced to use B&Bs, 20 May). Housing for Women's experience is that increasingly local authorities are placing women and their children who are victims of domes[...]
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It is the first duty of governments to protect the health and wellbeing of citizens. It is a priority objective of the EU, enshrined in legislation. Surveys show it is top of people's concerns. So when we read that Nordic politicians are not surprised by the work of David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu (A[...]
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The wealthy in America and Britain no longer resemble the prewar elite, but appearances cannot mask how cut off they are from the rest of us"Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like sil[...]
7 hours ago
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happened, including MPs debating the gay marriage bill at report stage and latest developments in the 'swivel-eyed loons' rowAndrew Sparrow
8 hours ago
Labour leader votes against amendment extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples after appeal by Tory whipsThe gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to vote against an amendment to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples that had prompted go[...]
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Jay Nixon today announced that Missouri Department of Social Services Director Alan Freeman has resigned from the department to return to his position as president and chief executive officer of Grace Hill Health Centers Inc. The Governor will name Deputy ...
KTTS via Google News 11 hours ago
The social services agency has been under pressure in recent weeks over failure to release records involving child tragedies. After years of routinely disclosing records, the department made a swift reversal after a 10-year-old Kansas City girl was found ...
Kansas City Star via Google News 11 hours ago
The University of North Florida will offer students a bachelor's degree in social work starting this fall. UNF will admit 40 students in the initial cohort and they will study under the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. UNF already offers a minor in social ...
jacksonville.com via Google News 13 hours ago
One in five suffer psychological ill health, but most shun university counsellingUniversities should do more to encourage students with mental health problems to seek help, a leading charity has warned.More than a quarter (26%) of students who say they experience mental health problems do not get tr[...]
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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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