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24 April, 2013

High Court challenge to abolition of independent living fund unsuccessful

BBC reports that Court refused to rule that consultation process that led to proposed abolition was flawed.

24 April, 2013

Paths to Personalisation guide

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

Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) general equality duty to be retained

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

Labour Party to set up independent health and social care commission

BBC reports that Ed Miliband to launch commission - which will look at how to best integrate health and social care - today.

19 April, 2013

Home care services face more inspections as generic model of regulation scapped

Community Care comments on Care Quality Commission's 2013-2016 strategy

19 April, 2013

Care Quality Commission publishes strategy for 2013 to 2016

Changes include developing new fundamental standards of care and making sure inspectors specialise in particular areas of care.

18 April, 2013

How social care managers can get the best out of staff

Dr Neil Thomson argues that 'just trying to get the most out of people by piling the pressure on does not do anyone any good', in Guardian Social Care Network article.

17 April, 2013

Professional Records Standards Body (PRSB) launched

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

Healthcare assistants ‘want professional register’

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

National Assistance and social care charges in Wale

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

National Assistance - assessment of resources in Wales

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

National Assistance - sums for personal requirements and assessment of resources in Wales

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

National Institute for Health and Care Ecellence expands into social care

Insititute publishes social care quality standards for dementia and looked after children and young people.

3 April, 2013

2 April, 2013

New Health and Social Care Information Centre established

Centre to deliver 'high quality information and IT systems to drive better patient services, care and outcomes'.

2 April, 2013

Care Quality Commission finds that Mental capacity Act not well understood

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

Councils across England to receive a share of £180 million Disabled Facilities Grant

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 council tax ‘discount disregards’ regulations

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

Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 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.