18 August, 2015
18 August, 2015
Decision follows review which concluded that the purpose of the ring-fence – to protect expenditure on mental health services – has largely been achieved.
11 August, 2015
New statutory instrument makes further provision about duties on a local authority to assess an adult’s needs for care and support, a child’s needs for care and support and a carer’s needs for support.
10 August, 2015
Association proposes that those who provide at least an hour of unpaid care a week should be entitled to a reduction of £100 a year, estimating that a fully subscribed discount fund of £25m would support at least 250,000 hours of unpaid care per week, saving up to £220m a year.
10 August, 2015
Andrea Sutcliffe tells Observer that huge cuts in funding in recent years, and a lack of political leadership in dealing with the realities of an ageing population, have left the social care sector under 'stress and strain', with demoralised carers working long hours in difficult conditions for poor pay.
6 August, 2015
Local Government Ombudsman finds that Councils must properly consider individual circumstances when they balance people’s choice to be cared for by a family member against the risk to their carer of working long hours,
5 August, 2015
4 August, 2015
Despite affecting thousands of families, timing of government's announcement has effectively prevented major shift in policy being properly debated in Parliament, says Sarah Wollaston MP.
3 August, 2015
New regulations issued in Wales that set out the test which a local authority must apply to determine whether or not an individual with needs identified in an assessment under section 19, 21 or 24 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is entitled to have those needs met by a local authority.
30 July, 2015
Local government advises that, whether the service contract is for adult social care or debt recovery, local councils cannot simply accept at face value the outcome of a complaint review conducted by firms acting on their behalf.
29 July, 2015
Views from registered stakeholders sought by 9 September 2015.
23 July, 2015
Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Social Enterprise, Co-operative and Third Sector) (Wales) Regulations 2015 provide further detail about the sorts of organisations or arrangements which may provide care and support and preventative services, and also make provision as to what constitutes activity which a person might reasonably consider to be carried on for the benefit of society.
23 July, 2015
New report from the Institute for Public Policy Research says personal health budgets should be an entitlement for all those with long-term conditions by 2020, expanding from around a quarter of a million patients to more than ten million.
22 July, 2015
New statutory instrument make provision concerning disputes between local authorities about where a person is ordinarily resident in Wales for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and disputes between a sending and receiving authority under section 56 of the Act (portability of care and support) about the application of that section in relation to a person.
22 July, 2015
New statutory instrument requires Local Health Boards and local authorities to enter into partnership arrangements for the purpose of carrying out their functions under section 14 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
22 July, 2015
New report finds that, although the Commission has made substantial progress as it seeks to address public concerns about its regulatory approach, significant challenges lie ahead if it is to demonstrate effectiveness and value for money.
17 July, 2015
Government said it is still 'fully committed' to the cap - which was due to limit care costs to £72,000 from April 2016 - but has delayed the introduction after councils wrote to ministers to say it was not possible to cope with the extra demands the changes would bring at the moment.
17 July, 2015
Review aims to address the overlap of different inspection regimes to 'keep necessary protections but avoid wasteful duplication'.
17 July, 2015
New report from the National Audit Office highlights that the cost of not moving into adulthood successfully is high, and calls for stronger central and local leadership to get a grip on the problem.
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