Society daily 13.10.2010

Follow SocietyGuardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Vote for Guardian Public Servant of the Year Today's top SocietyGuardian stories Budget cuts force NHS hospitals to stop non-emergency surgery No checks on more than 80% of EU doctors working in NHS Caught in a trap: disabled people can't move out of care Neglected children singled out by peers Effective commissioning could help drive the 'big society' Leading questions: Tony Redmond, local government ombudsman Charity effectiveness podcast: How can you attract people to your cause? All today's SocietyGuardian stories Other news NHS whistleblowers will be given greater protection under changes being considered in a consultation announced by health secretary Andrew Lansley, the Daily Telegraph reports. Mothers 'regularly' go into labour and give birth in the waiting room of the maternity unit at King's College hospital because there are not enough beds , according to an internal report, the Daily Mail reports. Guardian and Observer Christmas Charity Appeal 2010 Nominations are now closed for our Christmas appeal 2010, which will support charities working with vulnerable teenagers and young adults. Many thanks to everyone who applied. Our Xmas charity 2010 partners New Philanthropy Capital are now sifting through the 300 applications we received. A shortlist of projects will be submitted to a selection panel comprising Guardian/Observer and NPC staff at the end of October. Ten projects will be chosen. We will contact both successful and unsuccessful applicants once the panel has reached it decision in early November. The appeal will launch towards the end of November and run until mid-January. Events Information Security and Identity Management in the Public Sector , Keeping pace with new threats, 3 November 2010, London. Speakers include information commissioner Christopher Graham and Belinda Lewis from the Ministry of Justice. Capital Ambition , Delivering services for London in an age of austerity, 15 November 2010, London. Join leading practitioners across London to re-think, re-design and re-assess the way services are delivered. Guardian Social Enterprise 2010 , 16 November, London. An interactive conference for anyone delivering public services or supporting social enterprises. Speakers include: minister for civil society Nick Hurd; Peter Holbrook, chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition; Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive, Social Enterprise London; Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point; Rod Schwartz, chief executive, Clearly So; Dai Powell, chief executive, HCT; Alastair Wilson, chief executive, School for Social Entrepreneurs. Transforming Blue Light Services , Innovating ICT for the emergency services, 24 November 2010, London. Discover how the innovative use of technology will improve performance and response in difficult financial times. Society Guardian blogs Joe Public Sarah Boseley's global health blog Guardian awards Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 Guardian Charity Awards 2010 Society Daily blog Society Daily blog editor: Patrick Butler Email the editor: [email protected] SocietyGuardian links SocietyGuardian.co.uk Guardian Cutswatch - tell us about the cuts in your area Public - the Guardian's website for senior public sector executives The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs SocietyGuardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]