23 April, 2015
23 April, 2015
New research by Leonard Cheshire Disability finds that, between 2011/2012 and 2013/2014, almost 2,500 disabled people a year waited over the time limit of a year to receive their disabled facilities grant after it had been approved, and that these delays were leaving disabled people living in inappropriate conditions and at risk of falls, and were driving up the costs of health and social care.
23 April, 2015
New survey carried out by Unison finds that more than 1,000 care workers have not received proper training in dementia, administering medication or personal care tasks.
15 April, 2015
Report contains information about how many people currently use the Fund for the quarter to the end of March 2015, broken down into gender, age, ethnicity, household circumstances and geographical distribution.
14 April, 2015
Key pledges include a guarantee that people will not have to sell their house in order to pay for residential social care.
13 April, 2015
Key pledges include bringing services for physical health, mental health and social care into a single system.
8 April, 2015
2 April, 2015
Scottish government announces that Peter Scott, currently Chief Executive of ENABLE Scotland, will take up post in June.
2 April, 2015
New report from the National Housing Federation calls for affordable homes designed for older people with integrated care services to be built, and say that it’s essential that homes designed to suit older people are given as much priority as homes designed for first-time buyers and younger families.
1 April, 2015
As new Care Act changes come into force today, which put rights of unpaid carers on the same legal footing as rights of those with care needs, and provide stronger assessment rights for parents caring for disabled children, Carer's UK is calling for enough funding to be put in place to make the new rights a reality for families.
1 April, 2015
1 April, 2015
New statutory instrument amends (subject to certain savings for transitional purposes) primary legislation that currently underpins the provision of care and support for adults and carer support in England. The amendments mean that the current social care legislation will no longer apply in relation to England but will continue to apply in relation to Wales.
1 April, 2015
The Care Act is a bold attempt to reform the system, says Care and Support Alliance, but without more funding, thousands of disabled and older people will continue to be cut out of the care system and denied access to things as basic as getting up, getting dressed and getting out of the house.
30 March, 2015
New statutory instrument increase the thresholds below which certain care is not to be charged for.
27 March, 2015
Funding, announced today by Minister for Care and Support Norman Lamb, is about one quarter of council leaders’ estimates of the costs for authorities arising from the Cheshire West judgment, and will be available for one year only, on a non-ring fenced basis.
27 March, 2015
New Act that makes provision about both the safety of health and social care services in England, and the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care provisions.
27 March, 2015
New report from the Public Accounts Committee finds that the number of people with learning disabilities remaining in hospital has not fallen, but has remained broadly the same at around 3,200, despite the government's commitment to discharge them, where appropriate, back into their homes and communities.
26 March, 2015
New regulations that remove a number of historic instruments relating to public health and the National Health Service, which are no longer applicable.
26 March, 2015
New regulations that remove a number of historic instruments relating to health and social care and the National Health Service, which are no longer applicable.
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