24 April, 2013
24 April, 2013
New guide, released today by National Development Team for Inclusion, aims to increase the number of people with mental health problems experiencing the full benefits of personalised care and support.
24 April, 2013
Government changes position following House of Lords defeat over provisions within Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill abolishing the ECHR general duty to promote equalities and human rights.
22 April, 2013
BBC reports that Ed Miliband to launch commission - which will look at how to best integrate health and social care - today.
19 April, 2013
Community Care comments on Care Quality Commission's 2013-2016 strategy
19 April, 2013
Changes include developing new fundamental standards of care and making sure inspectors specialise in particular areas of care.
18 April, 2013
17 April, 2013
PRSB to be 'first point of call' for care professionals, service providers, commissioners, policy makers, professional bodies and system suppliers for expertise and all matters relating to care records.
11 April, 2013
BBC report on results of survey showing that 93 per cent of staff backed registration and that many were prepared to pay for it.
9 April, 2013
New statutory instrument makes amendments including so as to disregard armed forces independence payment and guaranteed income payment in their entirety for the purposes of assessing a person’s ability to pay for accommodation arranged under National Assistance Act 1948.
9 April, 2013
New Welsh statutory instrument makes amendments allowing for disregard of personal independence payments and payments made under council tax reduction schemes from the calculation of income in assessing ability to pay for accommodation arranged under the National Assistance Act 1948.
8 April, 2013
New Welsh statutory instrument prescribes £24.50 as the sum needed for personal requirements and £23,750 as the maximum amount of capital a person may have before becoming liable to pay for, or contribute towards, the cost of any accommodation arranged under the National Assistance Act 1948.
4 April, 2013
Insititute publishes social care quality standards for dementia and looked after children and young people.
3 April, 2013
[2013] EWHC 691 (Admin)
2 April, 2013
Centre to deliver 'high quality information and IT systems to drive better patient services, care and outcomes'.
2 April, 2013
Commission's evidence shows that in some care homes and hospitals, people’s freedom to make decisions for themselves is restricted without proper consideration of their ability to consent or refuse.
28 March, 2013
Funding will help support people through disability and provide the help they need to live independently for as long as possible, says Housing Minister.
28 March, 2013
New regulations prescribe requirements which must be fulfilled by care workers and various persons of other descriptions in order for them to be disregarded for the purposes of council tax discounts.
28 March, 2013
New regulations increase the thresholds below which certain care is not to be charged for, to £166 in respect of personal care and £75 for nursing care.
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