Senior social worker accused of a catalogue of blunders took a family to KFC because she was hungry

Senior social worker accused of a catalogue of blunders took a family to KFC because she was hungry | Mail Online:

Jane Hallam worked in social care for Manchester City Council

Health and Care Professions Council hearing told she made string of errors

She's said to have asked boy, 16, how his parents would react to a gunman 

She's also said to have told her boyfriend about a family she was helping

Hallam, who did not attend, admits seven charges but denied many others

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Conference 2013 | Evidence Based Medicine and Social Investigation Group

Conference 2013 | Evidence Based Medicine and Social Investigation Group:

Conference 2013

Evidence Based Medicine and Social Investigation Conference

August 2–4,  2013, Vancouver, British Columbia

We are pleased to announce our third annual E.B.M.S.I. conference, designed for both families falsely accused of child abuse and professionals and paraprofessionals who work with child abuse cases. The faculty includes physicians and attorneys, expert witnesses and advocates, and social service professionals. These experts come ready to work with and learn from each other and the attendees.

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Tacoma parents lose baby for 8 months after trip to ER

Tacoma parents lose baby for 8 months after trip to ER | www.kirotv.com:

TACOMA, Wash. — 

The Kerseys have no criminal history and are trained medical professionals.  But when the Tacoma couple brought their sick baby, Ethan, to the hospital, they lost custody for eight months because of what they say was a medical mistake.

Father, other Oklahoma relatives file to adopt Baby Veronica as James Island couple seek adoption OK

Father, other Oklahoma relatives file to adopt Baby Veronica as James Island couple seek adoption OK – The Post and Courier:

Baby Veronica’s biological father, stepmother and paternal grandparents have filed court papers in Oklahoma to adopt the 3-year-old girl, a move that dissenting U.S. Supreme Court justices warned could happen and will likely complicate the custody dispute.

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Ten children died, 21 suffered injuries in care in Alberta: report

Ten children died, 21 suffered injuries in care in Alberta: report:

EDMONTON - Alberta’s Human Services department says 10 children in government care died in 2012-13.

Another 21 children under the province’s protection suffered serious injuries that needed an overnight stay in hospital in the 12-month period that ended on March 31, 2013.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Grand jury criticizes Child Protective Services

RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Grand jury criticizes Child Protective Services | Politics | PE.com - Press-Enterprise:

Investigators don’t properly consider past history, such as parents’ criminal records, when looking into allegations of child abuse and neglect in Riverside County, according to a grand jury report.

Baby's family awarded damages after hexavalent vaccine ruled cause of her death

Baby's family awarded damages after hexavalent vaccine ruled cause of her death - Miami healthy living | Examiner.com:

According to an Informasalus.it article dated July 4, it has been determined that, in 2003, a hexavalent vaccine (the 4-in-one vaccine that is considered mandatory for children plus two optional vaccines) proved to be fatal to a six month old baby girl in Pesaro, Italy and a civil courtjudge in Pesaro has found the Italian Ministry of Health guilty as charged. The court has established a 200,000 Euro compensation to the baby girl's family, a lifetime award of about 700 Euros per month, plus additional compensation that still needs to be calculated.

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