19 March, 2014
19 March, 2014
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill - designed to ensure that people have access to clear information, advice and assistance, and to place their voice and rights at the centre of decisions about their care and support - has entered the final stages of scrutiny in the National Assembly.
18 March, 2014
Community Care blog outlines the 'moral and economic case' for social work as key part of adult services.
14 March, 2014
New legislation designed to assist - among others - those physically disabled, seriously ill or mentally incapacitated leaseholders currently unable to benefit from the exercise of their rights, for example to take part in collective enfranchisement or to extend their leases.
14 March, 2014
New regulations issued that set the level of the residential care personal expenses allowance at £24.40 a week from 7 April 2014.
14 March, 2014
'Action Plan sets out a vision which should excite and challenge every council and care provider', says Think Local Act Personal's Co-Chair.
13 March, 2014
13 March, 2014
House of Lords Committee recommends that overall responsibility for the Act be given to an independent body whose task will be to oversee, monitor and drive forward implementation.
11 March, 2014
Doncaster council criticised for deciding that girl, who had moved from North Yorkshire to get away from abusive father, was not their responsibility.
7 March, 2014
New regulations - the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Consequential Modifications & Savings) Order 2014 - updates existing UK and Welsh legislation in consequence of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.
7 March, 2014
New King's Fund report argues that health and care services have failed to keep up with dramatic demographic changes, which will see one in five people in England over the age of 65 by 2030.
6 March, 2014
Minister for Disabled People says that, from that date, current users of the fund will receive support through the mainstream adult social care system.
6 March, 2014
New report reveals that 'older people who need help and who are now not getting it are being placed at significant risk and families who care for loved ones are experiencing intolerable strain'
4 March, 2014
Survey launched by Skills for Care, commissioned by Department of Health to work in partnership with College of Social Work and National Skills Academy for Social Care to ensure that social workers prepared for new measures.
3 March, 2014
New regulation issued in Scotland in relation to the Scottish Government's policy objective that local authorities should not means test or require a contribution in relation to direct payments to carers and young carers.
3 March, 2014
New regulations issued in Scotland in relation to new functions conferred on local authorities by the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.
3 March, 2014
Ombudsman investigation finds that 77 year old with diabetes and Alzheimer’s was prevented from going home to die because of a string of errors by the five organisations tasked with looking after him.
3 March, 2014
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation research recommends that the sector rethinks its priorities and makes changes to the way it deals with administration so older people can be given more compassionate, personalised care.
21 February, 2014
Joint report with Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman finds that two Somerset authorities should have done more to safeguard vulnerable man’s health.
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