28 November, 2012
26 November, 2012
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills publishes review that seeks views and experiences of how regulatory enforcement operates and how it could be improved or best practice shared, focussing on improving enforcement in adult care homes.
26 November, 2012
'Your rights to home care’ contains information for older people so they know they are entitled to a home care service that respects their human rights, however funded, and what to do if those rights are at risk.
23 November, 2012
Guardian reports that fund to support social investor schemes covering homelessness and teenagers in care.
23 November, 2012
New report, based on findings from 13,000 inspections, finds that 15 per cent of social care services were not providing care that respected people and 23 per cent were understaffed.
22 November, 2012
Government publishes framework that contains new measures and has been further aligned with the NHS Outcomes Framework and the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
9 November, 2012
[2012] EWHC 2967 (Admin)
6 November, 2012
New regulations specify new fee levels payable to the Public Guardian for certain matters and remove fees in relation to other matters.
6 November, 2012
Department of Health launches initiative that invites healthcare professionals and the public to comment on regulations covering a range of areas including quality of care, mental health, the NHS, public health and professional standards.
29 October, 2012
New regulations provide for the change in the name of the Council for Healthcare and Regulatory Excellence to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
26 October, 2012
Local authorities will be able to bid for money from £300m fund to build specially designed new homes and to modernise existing specialised housing to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities.
26 October, 2012
Care Services Minister agrees new target of having 70 per cent of users on personal budgets by April 2013, following talks with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, reports communitycare.co.uk.
26 October, 2012
New resource is designed to make it easier for health and social care professionals involved in hospital discharge to support older patients in returning home safely after a hospital stay and reduce the risk of readmission to hospital.
25 October, 2012
Department of Health publishes revisions to the Fairer Charging guidance that take account of a change to the use of Guaranteed Income Payments paid under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
25 October, 2012
New regulations bring into force provisions of Health and Social Care Act 2012 from 1 November 2012.
25 October, 2012
'Show Us You Care' campaign calls for more funding as money available for council services across England and Wales by 2020 will have shrunk by 90 per cent in cash terms.
25 October, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation study found that positive relationships in care homes enable staff to listen to older people, gain insights into individual needs and facilitate greater voice, choice and control.
25 October, 2012
Government announces funding up to £50m for NHS trusts and local authorities to help tailor hospitals and care homes to the needs of people with dementia.
23 October, 2012
Charity launches Find Me Good Care website that combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services.
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