25 April, 2013
25 April, 2013
Information to help people choose, compare and comment on residential care homes and home care services now available on NHS Choices.
25 April, 2013
BBC reports Keith Towler as saying that Social Services and Wellbeing Bill goes against the principle that child welfare is paramount.
25 April, 2013
New guide sets out summary of changes to secondary legislation as a consequence of the Health and Social Care Act 2013.
24 April, 2013
BBC reports that Court refused to rule that consultation process that led to proposed abolition was flawed.
24 April, 2013
New guide, released today by National Development Team for Inclusion, aims to increase the number of people with mental health problems experiencing the full benefits of personalised care and support.
24 April, 2013
22 April, 2013
BBC reports that Ed Miliband to launch commission - which will look at how to best integrate health and social care - today.
19 April, 2013
Community Care comments on Care Quality Commission's 2013-2016 strategy
19 April, 2013
Changes include developing new fundamental standards of care and making sure inspectors specialise in particular areas of care.
18 April, 2013
Dr Neil Thomson argues that 'just trying to get the most out of people by piling the pressure on does not do anyone any good', in Guardian Social Care Network article.
17 April, 2013
PRSB to be 'first point of call' for care professionals, service providers, commissioners, policy makers, professional bodies and system suppliers for expertise and all matters relating to care records.
11 April, 2013
BBC report on results of survey showing that 93 per cent of staff backed registration and that many were prepared to pay for it.
9 April, 2013
New statutory instrument makes amendments including so as to disregard armed forces independence payment and guaranteed income payment in their entirety for the purposes of assessing a person’s ability to pay for accommodation arranged under National Assistance Act 1948.
9 April, 2013
New Welsh statutory instrument makes amendments allowing for disregard of personal independence payments and payments made under council tax reduction schemes from the calculation of income in assessing ability to pay for accommodation arranged under the National Assistance Act 1948.
8 April, 2013
New Welsh statutory instrument prescribes £24.50 as the sum needed for personal requirements and £23,750 as the maximum amount of capital a person may have before becoming liable to pay for, or contribute towards, the cost of any accommodation arranged under the National Assistance Act 1948.
4 April, 2013
Insititute publishes social care quality standards for dementia and looked after children and young people.
2 April, 2013
Centre to deliver 'high quality information and IT systems to drive better patient services, care and outcomes'.
2 April, 2013
Commission's evidence shows that in some care homes and hospitals, people’s freedom to make decisions for themselves is restricted without proper consideration of their ability to consent or refuse.
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