Consultation: 21st Century Services for Children, Young People and their Families

Starts and Finishes

Starts 15/04/2011 Finishes 08/07/2011

Wards Affected:-

City-wide

Why we are doing this?

We are looking at what services we need in Leicester for children, young people and their parents…

Legal briefing: Confidentiality and data protection

This briefing note summarises the law on confidential information and the principles under which such information may be disclosed under the Data Protection Act 1998.

This briefing note covers: (1) the position relating to confidentiality under common law, (2) how the Data Protection Act regulates the processing and disclosure of information, (3) the rights of access to information, (4) how to challenge decisions about the…

Three years ago I had a very brief (48 hours) episode of mental illness whilst in hospital. It was later decided that this was probably brought on by the medication that I was being given for heart problems (beta blockers) and the extreme stress of being in a coronary care unit.

The psychiatrist I saw at the time sees no reason for me to be on a mental health register, I recovered quickly and have had no further problems with my mental…

Comprehensive care plan for patients on mental health register

Case study: Leicestershire Mental Health Facilitator service

The Mental Health register should include patients with severe and enduring mental illness who have consented to be on the register. This could include patients with major psychoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar illness, but it is up to the practices whether to include patients with other long term conditions such as depression, personality disorder or anxiety. This is a…

Council’s Best Value duty and the role of the VCS

The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation on new guidance setting out expectations when councils consider cutting funding to local voluntary and community organisations. They will be required to:

• Seek to avoid disproportionate reductions in funding
• Give at least three months’ notice if they plan to reduce or end funding or other support
• Work with the organisation to…

Caught on tape: Woman ‘posed as pregnant mother to con desperate couples in adoption scam’

Scammer? Roxanne Jones is accused of conning desperate couples out of hundreds of dollars

A woman has been charged with fraud and identity theft after she was caught on camera posing as a pregnant mother in an adoption scam.

Roxanne Jones, 34, allegedly preyed on at least ten couples across the U.S. who were desperate to have children, by pretending to be a birth…

http://www.familylaw.co.uk/articles/MunroReview01022011-963

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