12 May, 2011
12 May, 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 539
12 May, 2011
'Council Spending: Making it Clear' survey found that spending will fall by 4.7 percent in the North and rise by 2.7 percent in the South, BBC reports.
11 May, 2011
Law Commission publishes report that makes recommendations for a single piece of legislation which will enable people to be clear about their rights.
9 May, 2011
Social Care Institute for Excellence releases briefing paper as part of their focus on Equality.
9 May, 2011
Consultation seeks views on a definition of excellence, developed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, and key aspects of the assessment process.
5 May, 2011
5 May, 2011
New regulations that make it a requirement that the person who manages a care home possesses a minimum level of qualification to undertake that role and that such a person is registered with the Care Council for Wales.
3 May, 2011
New report published by Social Services Improvement Agency provides an analysis of current service provision in Wales.
28 April, 2011
New regulations issued in relation to guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability for the purposes of the 2010 Act.
26 April, 2011
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities warns that move could cost more than £300m, reports bbc.co.uk
26 April, 2011
New regulations that bring into force specified subsections of section 146 of the 2008 Act that make provision relating to direct payments in lieu of the provision of care services.
26 April, 2011
New regulations issued that relate to cases where a local authority requires an adult recipient of direct payments to make a payment towards the cost of a 'chargeable' service.
21 April, 2011
Judge overturns local authority's proposal to raise criteria from 'substantial' to 'critical' because its consultation process contravened the Disability Discrimination Act.
20 April, 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 457
20 April, 2011
New regulations that make provision for the making of direct payments in respect of a person securing the provision of certain social care services.
20 April, 2011
New regulations in relation to the discretionary power that local authorities in Wales have to impose a reasonable charge upon adult recipients of non-residential social care services.
19 April, 2011
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services survey also found that a quarter of reductions would come from frontline services, reports Community Care.
19 April, 2011
New regulations that provide that a local authority in Wales may impose a charge of such amount as it considers reasonable for providing a chargeable service.
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