3 September, 2014
2 September, 2014
Materials, including guidance for disabled people's organisations and local authorities, designed to help meet obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Public Sector Equality Duty under the Equality Act.
1 September, 2014
Results of survey by Care and Support Alliance - which represents 75 major charities - include that six in 10 people are not confident they will receive sufficient care, with proportion rising to seven in 10 for those aged over 60.
29 August, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman also finds that the couple did not receive adequate housing advice and their housing application was not prioritised in accordance with the council's housing policy, and in addition the council continued to charge council tax on the couple's former home even though an exemption should have been applied.
26 August, 2014
14 August, 2014
New research shows that that nearly a third of people who have difficulty in carrying out some essential activities of daily life do not receive any help formally from care workers or informally from family, friends or neighbours.
12 August, 2014
8 August, 2014
Disability Rights UK reports that freedom of information inquiries it made to local authorities highlghts that most do not have robust plans to ring-fence resources for social care support to people who would have received ILF support.
7 August, 2014
Funding, which will be targeted at seven health boards, will aid further development of intermediate care, helping people to stay in their own home instead of going into hospital in the first place, and services that support people to regain their independence so they can return home sooner after a hospital stay.
7 August, 2014
[2014] EWCOP 25
7 August, 2014
Joining up services would help prevent cost to NHS of delayed discharge from hospital due to a lack of home adaptation, according to Shadow Care Minister Liz Kendall
7 August, 2014
Local Government Association reports that a major concern for councils is uncertainty over the number of people who are paying for their own care who could now request an assessment under the new system to limit the care costs they have to meet.
5 August, 2014
New legislation that makes provision about housing in Scotland, including in relation to the abolition of the right to buy, social housing, the law affecting private housing, the regulation of letting agents and the licensing of sites for mobile homes.
4 August, 2014
New two stage system in force from 1 August 2014 involves simplified process and changes to guidance for local authorities to make it easier to understand.
4 August, 2014
Communitycare.org.uk reports that money will fund assessments of self-funders in 2015-16 ahead of introduction of 'cap' on care costs in April 2016.
31 July, 2014
Views sought from local authorities and also care providers, people with care and support needs, and their carers.
30 July, 2014
[2014] EWHC 2647 (Admin)
23 July, 2014
New statutory instrument introduces new procedure for complaints to local authorities about the exercise of their social services functions in Wales including the removal of the previous independent panel stage and the introduction of a two stage process involving local resolution and, if this is not achieved, the requirement for an investigation and response.
23 July, 2014
New regulations that provide that a child’s care plan must record whether the child is a victim, or there is reason to believe they may be a victim, of trafficking in human beings or is an unaccompanied asylum seeking child. and also that the assessment of that child’s needs and the local authority review of the child’s case must take into account that status.
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