9 January, 2014
7 January, 2014
Scottish Minister for Young People Aileen Campbell announces new provision to be introduced through the Children and Young People Bill.
3 January, 2014
'Top tips' aimed at improving the commissioning of home care services published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
19 December, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman finds that London Borough of Ealing failed to respond to family's concerns about the care home's treatment of the woman who suffered from dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
18 December, 2013
New figures from Health and Social Care Information Centre also show that number of new enquiries made to social service departments was up one per cent over the same period.
17 December, 2013
New study commissioned by the Care and Support Alliance finds that social workers have been ordered to unofficially apply tougher eligibility tests to those who would until recently have received social care.
16 December, 2013
6 December, 2013
The Bristol TARA project has published the findings of a study of the service use of homeless women, often with multiple and complex needs, which found that housing support workers were fulfilling functions that in the past social workers would have carried out.
4 December, 2013
Children and Families Minister has announced that a new legal duty will be imposed on local authorities to provide financial support for every young person who wants to stay with their foster parents after they turn 18.
2 December, 2013
Government says it shares reviewer's conclusion that single public services ombudsman for England should be created and that it intends to 'develop and test ideas for how such a 1-stop-shop service might operate'.
2 December, 2013
New IPPR report sets out broad themes on 'creating a health and care system that is fit for the future'.
2 December, 2013
Guardian reports on figures revealed by freedom of information requests.
29 November, 2013
Welsh Government is seeking views on its proposals to improve the way complaints and concerns about social services are dealt with.
29 November, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman report highlights common issues it finds in complaints about the treatment of carers who look after young relatives or the children of friends by local authorities.
27 November, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman report found that family's request for extra support was turned down because Calderdale Council never completed a core assessment of their child's needs.
25 November, 2013
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services says that the reforms will incentivise many more self-funders to approach their council and 'low-level' assessments may have to be outsourced.
21 November, 2013
Peter Tyndall tells BBC Wales that the system for the delivery of health and social care outside hospital is too complex and needs one body to manage services.
19 November, 2013
Local Government Ombudsman finds that when Cambridge County Council reviewed its resources assessment - following the Ombudsman’s intervention - it established that the boy would need support costing more than double the amount it initially offered his family.
14 November, 2013
10,000 older people to be helped with tailored advice and practical support through new services, adding to 20,000 assisted last year.
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