16 June, 2014
12 June, 2014
Joint investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman and Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman finds that focus on keeping man in his own home, and failure to properly assess his ability to make decision for himself, led to him 'living in squalor'.
12 June, 2014
New scheme to recognise employers who give extra help and support to carers in their workforce as Carer Positive Employers.
11 June, 2014
Response sets out cross-department programme of work over 2014 to 2015 and beyond that 'will make a real improvement to the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act'.
11 June, 2014
Government response to consultation, published today, sets out details of new offences, including when they will and won't apply, and information on legislation timetable for their introduction.
10 June, 2014
Serious case review of the Orchid View care home finds that the impact of this 'was felt directly by vulnerable people who experienced poor-quality care and their relatives who experienced anxiety and distress at the way their loved ones were cared for.'
6 June, 2014
6 June, 2014
Views sought on draft regulations and guidance setting out how local authorities should deliver the care and support reform in the 2014 Care Act.
5 June, 2014
New statutory instrument corrects drafting error in previous amending regulations in connection with interval between local authority visits to an adult or guardian.
3 June, 2014
New analysis warns that councils will have to spend as much as 40 per cent of overall budgets on services that care for older and vulnerable people by 2020, rising 13 per cent faster than any other service provided to local residents.
3 June, 2014
Local Government Ombudsman finds that respite care for severely disabled daughter who required constant supervision and care failed to allow parents and two siblings enough quality time together.
30 May, 2014
New regulations issed in Scotland that extend eligibility for a 'blue badge' to certain claimants who are no longer getting the higher rate of the mobility component of DLA following an assessment for the purposes of deciding eligibility for personal independence payment.
30 May, 2014
Service - that allows citizens to inform authorities of a birth or bereavement just once rather than contacting a series of different branches of government - now covers 32 central and government services.
28 May, 2014
New report from the Local Government Ombudsman also shows that 40 per cent of complaints received came from 25 councils.
28 May, 2014
New Labour Party commissioned review finds that, as well as care work being physically and emotionally demanding and often undertaken in unsocial hours, there is evidence of widespread exploitation of workers.
27 May, 2014
Investigation by the Local Government and Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsmen finds that man’s care (from Plymouth Council and NHS Plymouth Primary Care Trust) after he was released from a psychiatric unit was so far below what it should have been that it amounted to service failure.
22 May, 2014
Act, which received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014, now published to legislation.gov.uk
22 May, 2014
[2014] EWCA Civ 712
21 May, 2014
Steven Cragg QC explains ECtHR decision that withdrawal of night time care from Mrs McDonald breached her human rights for a period of almost a year before proper care planning processes were completed.
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