22 April, 2013
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
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.
28 March, 2013
Funding will help support people through disability and provide the help they need to live independently for as long as possible, says Housing Minister.
28 March, 2013
New regulations prescribe requirements which must be fulfilled by care workers and various persons of other descriptions in order for them to be disregarded for the purposes of council tax discounts.
28 March, 2013
New regulations increase the thresholds below which certain care is not to be charged for, to £166 in respect of personal care and £75 for nursing care.
26 March, 2013
Membership would restrict its ability to campaign against government policies that are affecting disabled people, says TUC
25 March, 2013
Joint report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission calls on government to make it a mandatory requirement for mental health services to collect data on children whose parents or carers have mental health difficulties and report on such data nationally.
21 March, 2013
New outcome based framework and evaluation schedule to take effect from April 2013.
21 March, 2013
Report published today upholds complaint that actions of council led to delays in carrying out, and inconsistent results from, assessments for adults who were thought to have mental health issues.
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