4 April, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 404
4 April, 2014
Revised COP3 form confirms that courts will accept assessments from social workers as evidence when considering people's mental capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
3 April, 2014
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act designed to provide for more joined-up and seamless health and social care provision.
3 April, 2014
Commission says it believes England needs a single health and social care system, with a ring-fenced, singly commissioned budget, and more closely aligned entitlements.
1 April, 2014
New legislation places duties on local authorities in Scotland to offer people who are assessed as needing social care the option of designing their own care package.
31 March, 2014
New regulations issued that provide for consequential and saving provisions in consequence of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.
31 March, 2014
31 March, 2014
LITRG expesses its disappointment that 'there appears to have been no public consultation on this substantial change'.
31 March, 2014
CommunityCare.org.uk reports on note issued by the DoH that advises social care professionals to reassess the cases of people who lack capacity to decide on their care to determine whether they are being deprived of their liberty following the Supreme Court's recent ruling.
28 March, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 362
28 March, 2014
New regulations extend a pilot scheme to all English local authorities allowing them to contract out specified adult social services functions to third parties.
27 March, 2014
New legal duty will mean that health and social care organisations registered with the Care Quality Commission will have to ensure that directors (or equivalent) meet the fit and proper person test.
26 March, 2014
New statutory instrument makes provision in relation to income and capital of people paying for accommodation provided under National Assistance Act 1948 and in relation to payment for care services.
26 March, 2014
Research by Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation highlights 'increased rationing of social care in response to deep cuts from central government, despite the growing numbers of older people in the population'.
25 March, 2014
Finding against Newham Council, Local Government Ombudsman says that family was given 'Hobson’s choice' when it came to accepting accommodation they were offered - 'they had the choice of something unsuitable or nothing at all.'
25 March, 2014
Guide to maintaining award up until closure of Fund on 30 June 2015.
24 March, 2014
New guidance - which aims to help social workers in their practice and to contribute to good outcomes for service users - also has regulatory purpose as 'failure to follow the guidance could put a social worker's registration at risk'.
20 March, 2014
Disabled man had been placed in extra care housing scheme and expected to pay for care despite having his needs met by a friend.
20 March, 2014
Court holds that criteria for judging whether the living arrangements made for a mentally incapacitated person amount to a deprivation of liberty.
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