28 January, 2011
27 January, 2011
New Bill presented to parliament which provides for carers rights to flexible working.
25 January, 2011
Four new statutory instruments in relation to the registration of care services in Scotland.
25 January, 2011
Local authorities are putting in place plans to increase adult care charges by up to hundreds of pounds a week, reports Community Care.
20 January, 2011
Three leading organisations issue responses to yesterday's publication of the Health and Social Care Bill.
19 January, 2011
New Joseph Rowntree Foundation publication that provides examples of effective ways to support older people’s health, well-being and independence.
19 January, 2011
6 January, 2011
National Housing Federation calls on local authorities to be transparent and account for what they will be spending their Supporting People funding on.
5 January, 2011
Initiative highlights the importance of health and social care working together to ensure that people have a smooth transition from hospital to home.
4 January, 2011
Funding will be spent this financial year to help people get settled back at home with the support they need and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.
17 December, 2010
FACS proving difficult to adhere to in the face of rising cost pressures and an increasing need to ration services, reports Community Care.
14 December, 2010
New statutory instrument that extends registration with the Scottish Social Services Council to managers of care at home services and a managers of housing support services.
14 December, 2010
New amendment regulations make provision regarding the fitness to provide a care service of managers of care at home services and managers of housing support services.
13 December, 2010
Existing awards will be protected 'throughout this Parliament', but model is financially unsustainable, says government.
13 December, 2010
Trailblazers launched where disabled people can combine money from different state funding streams to be spent on whatever they think most appropriate for their needs.
9 December, 2010
Local authorities asked to submit outlines of creative and innovative models to enhance the quality of services and to devolve responsibility away from government.
8 December, 2010
New NHS guide for housing and health professionals aimed at ensuring people nearing the end of their life receive high quality care.
3 December, 2010
New regulations that establish pilot schemes in England to enable disabled people over 18 to exercise greater choice and control over certain services available to them, known as the ‘Right to Control’.
2 December, 2010
Report outlines an analysis of the problems with the current system and the priorities for reform, and seeks views on how the issues should be tackled.
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