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The NHS must accelerate its reforms on treating learning disabled patients | Society | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | 5 hours 34 minutes ago
Five years on from our shocking report into the discriminatory treatment of learning disabled people, little is different

Doctor reported parents to social services for care complaint | Mail Online
www.dailymail.co.uk | Feb 13, 2012
Gina and Nick Ashford (pictured) were terrified when their young son had a seizure, but were reported when they criticised his treatment at a Birmingham hospital. Gina and Nick Ashford (pictured) were terrified when their young son had a seizure, but were reported when they criticised his treatment

Family courts plans 'risk miscarriages of justice'
www.communitycare.co.uk | Feb 9, 2012
Social workers and children's guardians have condemned "nonsensical" government plans for a six-month limit on care cases, warning the deadline could lead to miscarriages of justice.

Educate public on need for social services Chan Chun Sing - Channel NewsAsia
www.channelnewsasia.com | Feb 9, 2012
More social services are needed as Singapore's population ages and demands evolve, says Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Chan Chun Sing.

Day-care provider reported to Lodi police | Recordnet.com
recordnet.com | Feb 4, 2012
LODI - The Department of Social Services is aiming to revoke the license of a Lodi childcare provider, accusing her of making a practice of placing young children in dark closets and restrooms unsupervised, and in at least one case, an infant was closed into a closet that contained two loaded

1/2/2012 - Foster carers recruitment drive in Carlisle : Cumbria County Council
www.cumbria.gov.uk | Feb 1, 2012
1/2/2012 - Foster carers recruitment drive in Carlisle

Social Services Institute: NPOs in trouble - Pretoria News | IOL.co.za
www.pretorianews.co.za | Jan 31, 2012
Many non-profit organisations (NPO) are in deep financial trouble, the Johannesburg Institute of Social Services (JISS) said on Tuesday. Organisations providing community-based social services were under threat and could close down if the situation did not improve, spokeswoman Jackie Loffell said.

Despite immigration slump, Catholic Social Services helping Fall River residents become U.S.
www.heraldnews.com | Jan 21, 2012
The numbers of people becoming naturalized U.S. citizens have declined slightly in recent years. According to Fall River’s Immigration and Naturalization Assistance Office, in 2011, there were 121 people in the city that became citizens. In 2008, 199 people were sworn in.

WNYT.com - Cuomo budget would delay welfare grant increase
wnyt.com | Jan 17, 2012
Social services recipients would see a delay in their long awaited increase in welfare checks under a new budget proposal.

Sweden Crushing Homeschoolers: Exorbitant Fines as Politicians Call for Gov't to Seize
www.earnedmedia.org | Jan 17, 2012
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 17, 2012 / Christian Newswire / -- A leader of Sweden's Liberal Party last week called for a change in the country's social services law so that the government can take children away from home-schooling families more easily by allowing social workers to do so.