26 September, 2013
20 September, 2013
Plans aimed at removing the barriers facing disabled people in Wales have been unveiled by the Welsh Government.
19 September, 2013
New provisional data from Health, Social Care and Information Centre shows that local authorities across England spent £17.1bn on adult social care in 2012-2013 as compared to £17.2bn in 2011-2012.
19 September, 2013
New Department of Health guidance setting out adults’ personal social services specific revenue and capital grant funding for local authorities for 2013 to 2014.
17 September, 2013
Care Quality Commission comments on findings of survey of 13,000 people revealing that 'too many people who use community mental health services are not being involved in decisions about their own care'.
13 September, 2013
New rules will allow certain local authorities to provide direct payments for residential care beyond the current restrictions which mean that they can't be used for residential accommodation for more than four consecutive weeks in any 12 month period.
12 September, 2013
10 September, 2013
New blog from Think Local Act Personal's Self Directed Support Lead Martin Routledge.
5 September, 2013
New statutory instrument makes provision for the Care Quality Commission to be able to have a larger board to accommodate the appointment of three new chief inspectors, for hospitals, social care, and general practice.
5 September, 2013
Department of Health announces that 52 voluntary sector projects have been awarded a share of the funding.
5 September, 2013
New Think Local Act Personal report, co-produced by young carers and written in their own words, explores making personalisation real for young people who take on caring responsibilities for family members.
3 September, 2013
Mental Health Minimum Data Set reports, which provide information about mental health services provided in hospitals, outpatient clinics and community settings, to move from quarterly to monthly publication.
29 August, 2013
Remploy has announced that no acceptable offers had been made for its furniture business and its sites in Blackburn, Sheffield, and Neath will close, with 160 disabled employees at risk of compulsory redundancy.
29 August, 2013
Resolution Foundation report shows that real pay levels of domiciliary care workers do not reflect the hours they work - in practice often lose at least £1 an hour because they are not paid separately for the time spent travelling between appointments and because home visits often take longer than the time allocated by the employer.
28 August, 2013
Nuffield Trust report looks at what personal health budgets are, how they will work in practice, and the issues they raise.
27 August, 2013
New Department of Health report makes recommendations highlighting the economic and social benefits of supporting carers in the workplace.
19 August, 2013
CIH Scotland report highlights a number of models, in the social sector in Scotland, that are aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of older people.
14 August, 2013
Closing date for responses to consultation - that seeks people's views on the closure of the Fund from April 2015 and the announcement that money will be distributed to the devolved institutions - is 1 November 2013.
13 August, 2013
As part of its work with NICE to produce resources to support implementation of the quality standard 'Supporting people to live well with dementia' and, as part of this work, the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) would like to gather practice examples that demonstrate high quality practice in dementia care.
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