29 January, 2013
29 January, 2013
Phase One reviews the literature and research on key challenges to successful implementation of personal budgets for older people.
29 January, 2013
New government proposals would see the ratio of children to carers raised, but only if carers' qualifications meet new standards, reports bbc.co.uk.
22 January, 2013
[2013] EWHC 43 (Admin)
17 January, 2013
New report considers how people’s lives have changed when housing associations and their support workers are involved in aftercare decisions with councils and local hospitals.
15 January, 2013
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report examines the experiences of older people with high support needs involved in support based on mutuality and reciprocity.
14 January, 2013
9 January, 2013
New report published by London Councils shows that the current funding gap in adult social care will not be addressed without the government increasing borough funding allocations.
9 January, 2013
New Health Select Committe report shows that despite sustained criticism the Care Quality Commission has not yet successfully defined its core purpose or earned public confidence.
8 January, 2013
Government publishes Mid-Term Review with measures including supporting the Dilnot Commission's principles and continued support for the National Minimum Wage.
24 December, 2012
[2012] EWHC 3739 (Admin)
20 December, 2012
Department of Health publishes letter that sets out final adults’ personal social services specific revenue and capital grant funding for local authorities for the period 2013/214 and 2014/2015.
20 December, 2012
New regulations make provision including in relation to replacing references to the General Social Care Council with references to the Health and Care Professions Council.
19 December, 2012
Department for Work and Pensions publishes response to consultation that sought views on the impact that closing the Independent Living Fund in 2015 would have on users, local authorities and the wider care and support systems.
18 December, 2012
Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill seeks views on the government's policies on care and support, and on whether the draft Bill is adequate to achieve them.
14 December, 2012
[2012] EWHC 3595 (Admin)
14 December, 2012
Welsh Government announces that some people with severe cognitive impairments, for example learning difficulties or autism, are to be entitled to a Blue Badge under plans to extend eligibility for the scheme.
13 December, 2012
Health and Social Care Committee in Wales is calling for a further reduction in the use of residential care as a default choice to shift services towards more community-based options.
12 December, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes report that examines how affordability affects the choices of tenants and leaseholders who are paying some or all their own costs in private and not-for-profit housing with care.
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