28 April, 2022
27 April, 2022
New evaluation also highlights an 'overall sense' that people are being let down by social services and that the provision of services 'lacks compassion and empathy'
25 April, 2022
Failure to act will fatally undermine the purpose of the government's social care reforms and produce highly inequitable results, say charities
11 April, 2022
Announcing the new funding, Minister invites third sector organisations to submit expressions of interest for national coordinating role to establish and oversee the scheme
6 April, 2022
JS v Cardiff City Council [2022] EWHC 707 (Admin)
5 April, 2022
4 April, 2022
31 March, 2022
Change in government's position follows House of Lords' consideration of the Bill that raised concerns that the Bill as originally drafted would remove existing rights
31 March, 2022
Scottish Government says changes to national Health and Social Care Standards put 'Anne's Law' into practical effect pending the introduction of legislation
31 March, 2022
New evaluation also finds that projects supported by the Fund are making a positive, often transformational, difference to people in terms of health and wellbeing
25 March, 2022
Reforms, that include a more generous means test for local authority financial support and a lifetime cap on care costs, will be tested from January 2023 to help ensure a 'smooth transition from the current charging system'
22 March, 2022
County Councils Network supports call by independent researchers for more than £800 million of additional annual funding to make the government's 'fair costs of care' proposals workable
21 March, 2022
Responses sought from a wide range of service users, carers and professionals by 6 June 2022
10 March, 2022
However, total value of grant remains frozen at 2019/2020 level of around £160 million
9 March, 2022
9 March, 2022
Views invited by 19 June 2022 on 'what is currently working well and what needs to change'
8 March, 2022
House of Lords also votes to ensure original care cap proposals included in the Care Act 2014 are introduced before April 2023
8 March, 2022
Proposed statutory guidance sets out how cap will work in practice and informs local authorities about support they can receive in preparing for implementation
4 March, 2022
New evaluation concludes that system clearly needs to work more effectively to fully realise the potential of all of the underlying principles of the Act working together in harmony
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