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More new-born children need to be taken into care to stop them being damaged beyond repair by poor parents, according to Martin Narey, chief executive of the children's charity Barnardo's.
Telegraph
Published: 5:41AM BST 06 Sep 2009
Mr Narey called for less focus on ''fixing families that can't be fixed'' and for social workers to be more pro-active about removing children at risk.
His comments come in the wake of last week's court case involving two young brothers from Doncaster who viciously attacked an 11-year-old boy and his nine-year-old nephew. The siblings were under the care of social services at the time.
Mr Narey told The Observer: ''We can't keep trying to fix families that are completely broken. It sounds terrible, but I think we try too hard with birth parents.
''I have seen children sent back to homes that I certainly wouldn't have sent them back to. I have been extremely surprised at decisions taken.
''If we really cared about the interests of the child, we would take children away as babies and put them into permanent adoptive families, where we know they will have the best possible outcome.'
The former director general of the Prison Service added: ''If you can take a baby very young and get them quickly into a permanent adoptive home, then we know that is where we have success.
''That's a view that is seen as a heresy among social services, where the thinking is that if someone, a parent, has failed, they deserve another chance. My own view is that we just need to take more children into care if we really want to put the interests of the child first.''
Mr Narey acknowledged his views would be seen as ''illiberal heresy'' but argued that if social workers intervened quickly, ''we would see far fewer problems''.
Doncaster Council is carrying out a Serious Case Review into the circumstances of the brothers, who lived in Edlington, South Yorkshire.
The pair admitted causing their victims grievous bodily harm with intent. They denied a more serious charge of attempted murder but the prosecution accepted their pleas and said there would be no trial.
The boys will be sentenced at a later date, probably in early November, after a series of reports have been prepared.
Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative Party leader who has established the Centre for Social Justice, repeated his calls for early intervention after the case came to light.
Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/6145313/More-babies-should-be-taken-into-care-to-protect-them-from-poor-parents.html
Fluff.....
These are the news articles I don't like but I am glad their published. It makes us more aware of the radical thinking..
In no uncertain terms should a policy of families in struggle and new-born children to be taken into care, The two young brothers from Doncaster who viciously attacked an 11-year-old boy and his nine-year-old nephew were under the care of social services at the time. Do we have full confidence in social services to get things right? well not me..
When public sector work is driven by KPIs and stats the human caring can take a back seat and as we have seen clearly things get missed.
It is awful to think of babies being wrongly taken away from their families ...
also note: Martin Narey is the Chief Executive of Barnardo’s. Previously he was
Director General of the Prison Service and then the Chief Executive of
the National Offender Management Service.
Note: Jan 24th 09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/4334287/Take-more-children-into-care-says-Barnardos-chief-Martin-Narey.html
Telegraph
Published: 5:41AM BST 06 Sep 2009
Mr Narey called for less focus on ''fixing families that can't be fixed'' and for social workers to be more pro-active about removing children at risk.
His comments come in the wake of last week's court case involving two young brothers from Doncaster who viciously attacked an 11-year-old boy and his nine-year-old nephew. The siblings were under the care of social services at the time.
Mr Narey told The Observer: ''We can't keep trying to fix families that are completely broken. It sounds terrible, but I think we try too hard with birth parents.
''I have seen children sent back to homes that I certainly wouldn't have sent them back to. I have been extremely surprised at decisions taken.
''If we really cared about the interests of the child, we would take children away as babies and put them into permanent adoptive families, where we know they will have the best possible outcome.'
The former director general of the Prison Service added: ''If you can take a baby very young and get them quickly into a permanent adoptive home, then we know that is where we have success.
''That's a view that is seen as a heresy among social services, where the thinking is that if someone, a parent, has failed, they deserve another chance. My own view is that we just need to take more children into care if we really want to put the interests of the child first.''
Mr Narey acknowledged his views would be seen as ''illiberal heresy'' but argued that if social workers intervened quickly, ''we would see far fewer problems''.
Doncaster Council is carrying out a Serious Case Review into the circumstances of the brothers, who lived in Edlington, South Yorkshire.
The pair admitted causing their victims grievous bodily harm with intent. They denied a more serious charge of attempted murder but the prosecution accepted their pleas and said there would be no trial.
The boys will be sentenced at a later date, probably in early November, after a series of reports have been prepared.
Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative Party leader who has established the Centre for Social Justice, repeated his calls for early intervention after the case came to light.
Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/6145313/More-babies-should-be-taken-into-care-to-protect-them-from-poor-parents.html
Fluff.....
These are the news articles I don't like but I am glad their published. It makes us more aware of the radical thinking..
In no uncertain terms should a policy of families in struggle and new-born children to be taken into care, The two young brothers from Doncaster who viciously attacked an 11-year-old boy and his nine-year-old nephew were under the care of social services at the time. Do we have full confidence in social services to get things right? well not me..
When public sector work is driven by KPIs and stats the human caring can take a back seat and as we have seen clearly things get missed.
It is awful to think of babies being wrongly taken away from their families ...
also note: Martin Narey is the Chief Executive of Barnardo’s. Previously he was
Director General of the Prison Service and then the Chief Executive of
the National Offender Management Service.
Note: Jan 24th 09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/baby-p/4334287/Take-more-children-into-care-says-Barnardos-chief-Martin-Narey.html
From Times Online
August 27, 2009
in Brief:
The United Kingdoms population increased to a record 61.4 million last year - fuelled by a baby boom, in the 12 months to the middle of last year by 408,000 the biggest increase since 1972.
A record 1.3 million over-85s representing two percent of the overall UK population, Statistics show.
On net migration, the difference between those leaving and those arriving in the country fell to 118,000 in the 12 months. The figure was 44% lower than in the previous year the lowest since May 04 when eight former Soviet block states joined the European Union.
the expansion of the EU heralded the biggest wave of migration in the country’s history but today’s figure shows that the numbers from Eastern Europe are falling and many are leaving. Emigration from the eight states more than doubled to 66,000 in the 12 months to the end of December as the economic recession took a grip.
Karen Dunnell, national statistician, said a lot of work was underway to measure the impact of the economic downturn. “Unemployment and the economic situation is probably having an impact.”
Further evidence of a fall in East Europeans seeking work in the country by registering under a Home Office scheme had fallen by 42 per cent to 116,000.
There has also been a 6% fall in the number of National Insurance numbers, a requirement for work by all non-UK nationals.
The country’s population has risen by more than two million in the last eight years and last year for the first time in a decade, natural change - the difference between birth and death - overtook net migration as the main driver of population growth.
The increase in the number of births is linked to a rise in fertility rates which last year were 1.96, the highest since 1973 and because of an increase in the number of women of child-bearing age arising from the high levels of immigration over the last decade.
The Government is having enormous difficulty removing failed applicants from the UK. by a 22 per cent fall to 2,500 in the number of failed asylum applicants.
Full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6811980.ece
Fluff...........
Where are they actually going with this is concerning, the highlighting of birth rates an linking it in immigration is wrong. Again I link the similarities to the NHS pensioner 'Cruel and neglectful' story that their is under tones of population control....
I'll put some up more on this..
August 27, 2009
in Brief:
The United Kingdoms population increased to a record 61.4 million last year - fuelled by a baby boom, in the 12 months to the middle of last year by 408,000 the biggest increase since 1972.
A record 1.3 million over-85s representing two percent of the overall UK population, Statistics show.
On net migration, the difference between those leaving and those arriving in the country fell to 118,000 in the 12 months. The figure was 44% lower than in the previous year the lowest since May 04 when eight former Soviet block states joined the European Union.
the expansion of the EU heralded the biggest wave of migration in the country’s history but today’s figure shows that the numbers from Eastern Europe are falling and many are leaving. Emigration from the eight states more than doubled to 66,000 in the 12 months to the end of December as the economic recession took a grip.
Karen Dunnell, national statistician, said a lot of work was underway to measure the impact of the economic downturn. “Unemployment and the economic situation is probably having an impact.”
Further evidence of a fall in East Europeans seeking work in the country by registering under a Home Office scheme had fallen by 42 per cent to 116,000.
There has also been a 6% fall in the number of National Insurance numbers, a requirement for work by all non-UK nationals.
The country’s population has risen by more than two million in the last eight years and last year for the first time in a decade, natural change - the difference between birth and death - overtook net migration as the main driver of population growth.
The increase in the number of births is linked to a rise in fertility rates which last year were 1.96, the highest since 1973 and because of an increase in the number of women of child-bearing age arising from the high levels of immigration over the last decade.
The Government is having enormous difficulty removing failed applicants from the UK. by a 22 per cent fall to 2,500 in the number of failed asylum applicants.
Full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6811980.ece
Fluff...........
Where are they actually going with this is concerning, the highlighting of birth rates an linking it in immigration is wrong. Again I link the similarities to the NHS pensioner 'Cruel and neglectful' story that their is under tones of population control....
I'll put some up more on this..
The Telegraph
12:01AM BST 27 Aug 2009
in brief:
'Cruel and neglectful' care of one million NHS patients exposed
One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals across Britain,
In the last six years, the Patients Association claims hundreds of thousands have suffered from poor standards of nursing, often with 'neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel' treatment.
The charity has disclosed a horrifying catalogue of elderly people left in pain, in soiled bed clothes, denied adequate food and drink, and suffering from repeatedly cancelled operations, missed diagnoses and dismissive staff.
Claire Rayner, President of the Patients Association and a former nurse, said:“For far too long now, the Patients Association has been receiving calls on our helpline from people wanting to talk about the dreadful, neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel treatment their elderly relatives had experienced at the hands of NHS nurses.
“I am sickened by what has happened to some part of my profession of which I was so proud.
"These bad, cruel nurses may be - probably are - a tiny proportion of the nursing work force, but even if they are only one or two percent of the whole they should be identified and struck off the Register.”
Ms Rayner said it was by "sad coincidence" that she trained as a nurse with one of the patients who had "suffered so much".
"I know that she, like me, was horrified by the appalling care she had before she died.
"We both came from a generation of nurses who were trained at the bedside and in whom the core values of nursing were deeply inculcated."
Katherine Murphy, Director of the Patients Association, said “Whilst Mid Staffordshire may have been an anomaly in terms of scale the PA knew the kinds of appalling treatment given there could be found across the NHS. This report removes any doubt and makes this clear to all. Two of the accounts come from Stafford, and they sadly fail to stand out from the others.
"If this was extrapolated to the whole of the NHS from 2002 to 2008 it would equate to over one million patients. Very often these are the most vulnerable elderly and terminally ill patients. It’s a sad indictment of the care they receive.”
The Patients Association said one hospital had threatened it with legal action if it chose to publish the material.
Pamela Goddard, a piano teacher from Bletchingley, in Surrey, was 82 and suffering with cancer but was left in her own excrement and her condition deteriorated due to her bed sores.
Florence Weston, from Sedgley in the West Midlands, died aged 85 and had to remain without food or water for several days as her hip operation was repeated cancelled.
The charity released the dossier to highlight the poor care which a minority of patients in the NHS are subjected to. "These are patients, not numbers. These are people, not statistics."
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said he was concerned that public confidence in the NHS could be undermined by the examples cited and it would affect morale in hardworking staff. “The level of care described by these families is completely unacceptable, and we will not condone nurses who behave in ways that are contrary to the principles and ethics of the profession.
"However we believe that the vast majority of nurses are decent, highly skilled individuals.
Chris Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health said the care in the cases highlighted by the PA was “simply unacceptable”. She added: "It is important to note this is not representative of the picture across the NHS.
"The NHS treats millions of people every day and the vast majority of patients experience good quality, safe and effective care - the Care Quality Commission's recent patient experience survey shows that 93 percent of patients rate their overall care as good or excellent.
Full Article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6092658/Cruel-and-neglectful-care-of-one-million-NHS-patients-exposed.html
Fluff......
The thing is any ill treatment in the health service is usually swept under the carpet and we have gotten used to it.... now thats sick,
I've always been aware the problems have not changed in elderly care for decades. and more worrying is the trend of the modern reformed NHS is the fact its worse than previous health service standards......
intrestingly I've just been made aware and looking into the NHS network and a charity called Common Purpose that is not only linked to the NHS netwoks but most public service sector through Lord Mandleson and has disturbing links to unlawful acts... I'll keep you posted. "below is interest read - get to know them for now"..
http://www.cpexposed.com/documents/CP_NHS_The_Improvement_Network.pdf
12:01AM BST 27 Aug 2009
in brief:
'Cruel and neglectful' care of one million NHS patients exposed
One million NHS patients have been the victims of appalling care in hospitals across Britain,
In the last six years, the Patients Association claims hundreds of thousands have suffered from poor standards of nursing, often with 'neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel' treatment.
The charity has disclosed a horrifying catalogue of elderly people left in pain, in soiled bed clothes, denied adequate food and drink, and suffering from repeatedly cancelled operations, missed diagnoses and dismissive staff.
Claire Rayner, President of the Patients Association and a former nurse, said:“For far too long now, the Patients Association has been receiving calls on our helpline from people wanting to talk about the dreadful, neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel treatment their elderly relatives had experienced at the hands of NHS nurses.
“I am sickened by what has happened to some part of my profession of which I was so proud.
"These bad, cruel nurses may be - probably are - a tiny proportion of the nursing work force, but even if they are only one or two percent of the whole they should be identified and struck off the Register.”
Ms Rayner said it was by "sad coincidence" that she trained as a nurse with one of the patients who had "suffered so much".
"I know that she, like me, was horrified by the appalling care she had before she died.
"We both came from a generation of nurses who were trained at the bedside and in whom the core values of nursing were deeply inculcated."
Katherine Murphy, Director of the Patients Association, said “Whilst Mid Staffordshire may have been an anomaly in terms of scale the PA knew the kinds of appalling treatment given there could be found across the NHS. This report removes any doubt and makes this clear to all. Two of the accounts come from Stafford, and they sadly fail to stand out from the others.
"If this was extrapolated to the whole of the NHS from 2002 to 2008 it would equate to over one million patients. Very often these are the most vulnerable elderly and terminally ill patients. It’s a sad indictment of the care they receive.”
The Patients Association said one hospital had threatened it with legal action if it chose to publish the material.
Pamela Goddard, a piano teacher from Bletchingley, in Surrey, was 82 and suffering with cancer but was left in her own excrement and her condition deteriorated due to her bed sores.
Florence Weston, from Sedgley in the West Midlands, died aged 85 and had to remain without food or water for several days as her hip operation was repeated cancelled.
The charity released the dossier to highlight the poor care which a minority of patients in the NHS are subjected to. "These are patients, not numbers. These are people, not statistics."
Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing, said he was concerned that public confidence in the NHS could be undermined by the examples cited and it would affect morale in hardworking staff. “The level of care described by these families is completely unacceptable, and we will not condone nurses who behave in ways that are contrary to the principles and ethics of the profession.
"However we believe that the vast majority of nurses are decent, highly skilled individuals.
Chris Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health said the care in the cases highlighted by the PA was “simply unacceptable”. She added: "It is important to note this is not representative of the picture across the NHS.
"The NHS treats millions of people every day and the vast majority of patients experience good quality, safe and effective care - the Care Quality Commission's recent patient experience survey shows that 93 percent of patients rate their overall care as good or excellent.
Full Article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6092658/Cruel-and-neglectful-care-of-one-million-NHS-patients-exposed.html
Fluff......
The thing is any ill treatment in the health service is usually swept under the carpet and we have gotten used to it.... now thats sick,
I've always been aware the problems have not changed in elderly care for decades. and more worrying is the trend of the modern reformed NHS is the fact its worse than previous health service standards......
intrestingly I've just been made aware and looking into the NHS network and a charity called Common Purpose that is not only linked to the NHS netwoks but most public service sector through Lord Mandleson and has disturbing links to unlawful acts... I'll keep you posted. "below is interest read - get to know them for now"..
http://www.cpexposed.com/documents/CP_NHS_The_Improvement_Network.pdf
