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12 May, 2011

Reaction to Law Commission Adult Social Care report

Three leading organisations issue responses to yesterday's publication of the Adult Social Care report.

12 May, 2011

12 May, 2011

North-South divide in spending on social care in England

'Council Spending: Making it Clear' survey found that spending will fall by 4.7 percent in the North and rise by 2.7 percent in the South, BBC reports.

11 May, 2011

Revamp of adult social care law needed to ensure fairer access to services

Law Commission publishes report that makes recommendations for a single piece of legislation which will enable people to be clear about their rights.

9 May, 2011

Social care personalisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people

Social Care Institute for Excellence releases briefing paper as part of their focus on Equality.

9 May, 2011

Care Quality Commission launches consultation on excellence in social care

Consultation seeks views on a definition of excellence, developed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, and key aspects of the assessment process.

5 May, 2011

Social Care Charges (Review of Charging Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011

New regulations that give local authorities in Wales a discretionary power to determine the amount that it is reasonably practicable for a recipient of social care services to pay by means of a reimbursement or contribution towards securing the provision of services.

5 May, 2011

Care Homes (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011

New regulations that make it a requirement that the person who manages a care home possesses a minimum level of qualification to undertake that role and that such a person is registered with the Care Council for Wales.

3 May, 2011

Welsh care charge cap may increase costs and demand for services

New report published by Social Services Improvement Agency provides an analysis of current service provision in Wales.

28 April, 2011

Equality Act 2010 (Guidance on the Definition of Disability) Appointed Day Order 2011

New regulations issued in relation to guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability for the purposes of the 2010 Act.

26 April, 2011

Moving social care from councils to the NHS is an ‘expensive distraction’

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities warns that move could cost more than £300m, reports bbc.co.uk

26 April, 2011

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.17) Order 2011

New regulations that bring into force specified subsections of section 146 of the 2008 Act that make provision relating to direct payments in lieu of the provision of care services.

26 April, 2011

New direct payment regulations in Wales

New regulations issued that relate to cases where a local authority requires an adult recipient of direct payments to make a payment towards the cost of a 'chargeable' service.

21 April, 2011

Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit social care for disabled people are ‘unlawful’

Judge overturns local authority's proposal to raise criteria from 'substantial' to 'critical' because its consultation process contravened the Disability Discrimination Act.

20 April, 2011

20 April, 2011

New direct payment regulations in Wales

New regulations that make provision for the making of direct payments in respect of a person securing the provision of certain social care services.

20 April, 2011

Social Care Charges (Means Assessment and Determination of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2011

New regulations in relation to the discretionary power that local authorities in Wales have to impose a reasonable charge upon adult recipients of non-residential social care services.

19 April, 2011

Councils to make £1bn cuts to adult care this year

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey also found that a quarter of reductions would come from frontline services, reports Community Care.

19 April, 2011

Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement) Order 2011

New regulations that provide that a local authority in Wales may impose a charge of such amount as it considers reasonable for providing a chargeable service.