Press Release Archive 2003

• Agencies should have a duty to protect older people - ADSS - December 15th 2003
   

• Interagency Group - Children’s Green Paper - time to seize the opportunities - December 3rd 2003
   

• Aspects of Queen’s Speech "belong to an earlier century" – ADSS - November 27th 2003
   

• More action needed on unaccompanied minors - ADSS - November 24th 2003
   

• House of Commons Health Committee Press Notice - Inquiry into Elder Abuse - November 21st 2003
   

• Directors of social services have welcomed additional funds for social services announced by the Treasury today - November 19th 2003
   

• LGA Press Release: Social Services must be allowed to build on their success - November 13th 2003
   

• Star ratings a "pat on the back" for social care - ADSS - November 12th 2003
   

• Directors Welcome Appointment of First Director General for Children and Families - October 27th 2003
   

• DoH Press Release: Legislation to Safeguard Social Work Profession - Consultation Launched - October 21st 2003
   

• Modernisation and Leadership is the Key to Improving the Quality of Life of Older People - October 15th 2003

• Children - do they count? - October 10th 2003

• "Children at the Centre of our Services" - ADSS - September 8th 2003

• Children's Interagency Group calls for national debate on children's services - September 1st 2003

• Directors caution that "social workers’ hands mustn’t be tied" - July 31st 2003

• Recognise each profession's distinctive contribution - July 15th 2003

• Directors in Wales lead examination of social workers’ salaries - June 24th 2003
   

• Directors welcome changes in Departmental responsibilities - June 16th 2003
   

• Climbie Chair Calls for Local Child Protection Bodies "With Teeth" - June 16th 2003
   

• Senior managers clarify roles in the wake of the Laming Report - May 9th 2003
   

• Directors call for new thinking on 'atrophied' alcohol abuse services - February 7th 2003
   

• ADSS Initial Response to Laming Inquiry - January 28th 2003

• Victoria Climbie: Child Protection Agencies Accept Flaws in System - January 26th 2003