12 December, 2012
11 December, 2012
Money Advice Liaison Group publishes briefing note on updated debt and mental health evidence reporting forms for debt advisers.
10 December, 2012
New regulations extend pilot scheme - allowing disabled adults to exercise greater choice in relation to, and greater control over, the way in which certain services are provided to or for them by or on behalf of public bodies - for a further 12 months.
7 December, 2012
Department of Health publishes a summary of the views received as part of the consultation process on the draft Care and Support Bill.
5 December, 2012
New report published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores the issues of risk and trust in relation to the care of older people, focusing in particular on decision-making.
3 December, 2012
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb launches 12 week consultation on new measures to protect people who rely on care services in the event of provider failure.
30 November, 2012
30 November, 2012
The Information Centre for health and social care publishes provisional figures that show that English councils referred 108,000 cases of alleged abuse against vulnerable adults for investigation in 2011/2012, an 11 per cent rise on 2010/2012.
28 November, 2012
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt orders a review of the way that information on NHS and social care services is given to patients and the public.
26 November, 2012
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills publishes review that seeks views and experiences of how regulatory enforcement operates and how it could be improved or best practice shared, focussing on improving enforcement in adult care homes.
26 November, 2012
'Your rights to home care’ contains information for older people so they know they are entitled to a home care service that respects their human rights, however funded, and what to do if those rights are at risk.
23 November, 2012
Guardian reports that fund to support social investor schemes covering homelessness and teenagers in care.
23 November, 2012
New report, based on findings from 13,000 inspections, finds that 15 per cent of social care services were not providing care that respected people and 23 per cent were understaffed.
22 November, 2012
Government publishes framework that contains new measures and has been further aligned with the NHS Outcomes Framework and the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
9 November, 2012
[2012] EWHC 2967 (Admin)
6 November, 2012
New regulations specify new fee levels payable to the Public Guardian for certain matters and remove fees in relation to other matters.
6 November, 2012
Department of Health launches initiative that invites healthcare professionals and the public to comment on regulations covering a range of areas including quality of care, mental health, the NHS, public health and professional standards.
29 October, 2012
New regulations provide for the change in the name of the Council for Healthcare and Regulatory Excellence to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
26 October, 2012
Local authorities will be able to bid for money from £300m fund to build specially designed new homes and to modernise existing specialised housing to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities.
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