21 January, 2014
16 January, 2014
Ombudsman issues further report after Shropshire Council fails to agree to recommendation to pay £61,270 in respect of care provided by carer to his wife who had severe mental health problems requiring 24-hour care and supervision.
15 January, 2014
New Communities and Local Government Committee report commends Ombudsman for 'concerted effort to improve and become more accountable, efficient and transparent' but also recommends improvements including external review of new processes and case-handling targets.
15 January, 2014
Guardian social care network article, by director of the International Longevity Centre UK care funding advice network, says that provisions could take £1bn from care companies leading to poorer services.
15 January, 2014
New blog sets out issues being considered by independent Barker Commission to explore whether post-war settlement, with separate systems for health and social care, remains fit for purpose.
10 January, 2014
New report from Dying Matters, the National Council for Palliative Care and the National Bereavement Alliance also highlights concerns re impact of bedroom tax on those who have been bereaved.
10 January, 2014
9 January, 2014
James Sage also warns that the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in Whittlestone v BJP Home Support Limited is 'a stark reminder to care providers of the duty to pay staff the national minimum wage, taking into account travel time and when someone works over night on a sleepover shift'.
7 January, 2014
Scottish Minister for Young People Aileen Campbell announces new provision to be introduced through the Children and Young People Bill.
3 January, 2014
'Top tips' aimed at improving the commissioning of home care services published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
19 December, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman finds that London Borough of Ealing failed to respond to family's concerns about the care home's treatment of the woman who suffered from dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
18 December, 2013
New figures from Health and Social Care Information Centre also show that number of new enquiries made to social service departments was up one per cent over the same period.
17 December, 2013
New study commissioned by the Care and Support Alliance finds that social workers have been ordered to unofficially apply tougher eligibility tests to those who would until recently have received social care.
16 December, 2013
Briefing, ahead of today's Care Bill second reading in House of Commons, sets out 'ten myths about changes in social care'.
9 December, 2013
[2013] EWHC 3845 (Admin)
6 December, 2013
The Bristol TARA project has published the findings of a study of the service use of homeless women, often with multiple and complex needs, which found that housing support workers were fulfilling functions that in the past social workers would have carried out.
4 December, 2013
Children and Families Minister has announced that a new legal duty will be imposed on local authorities to provide financial support for every young person who wants to stay with their foster parents after they turn 18.
2 December, 2013
Government says it shares reviewer's conclusion that single public services ombudsman for England should be created and that it intends to 'develop and test ideas for how such a 1-stop-shop service might operate'.
2 December, 2013
New IPPR report sets out broad themes on 'creating a health and care system that is fit for the future'.
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