19 December, 2012
18 December, 2012
Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill seeks views on the government's policies on care and support, and on whether the draft Bill is adequate to achieve them.
14 December, 2012
Welsh Government announces that some people with severe cognitive impairments, for example learning difficulties or autism, are to be entitled to a Blue Badge under plans to extend eligibility for the scheme.
13 December, 2012
Health and Social Care Committee in Wales is calling for a further reduction in the use of residential care as a default choice to shift services towards more community-based options.
12 December, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes report that examines how affordability affects the choices of tenants and leaseholders who are paying some or all their own costs in private and not-for-profit housing with care.
12 December, 2012
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb announces that an extra £40m will be added to the Disabled Facilities Grant to help people remain independent in their own homes for longer.
11 December, 2012
10 December, 2012
New regulations extend pilot scheme - allowing disabled adults to exercise greater choice in relation to, and greater control over, the way in which certain services are provided to or for them by or on behalf of public bodies - for a further 12 months.
7 December, 2012
Department of Health publishes a summary of the views received as part of the consultation process on the draft Care and Support Bill.
5 December, 2012
New report published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores the issues of risk and trust in relation to the care of older people, focusing in particular on decision-making.
3 December, 2012
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb launches 12 week consultation on new measures to protect people who rely on care services in the event of provider failure.
30 November, 2012
Care and Support Minister announces that the rollout will initially target those who are currently getting NHS Continuing Healthcare.
30 November, 2012
The Information Centre for health and social care publishes provisional figures that show that English councils referred 108,000 cases of alleged abuse against vulnerable adults for investigation in 2011/2012, an 11 per cent rise on 2010/2012.
28 November, 2012
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt orders a review of the way that information on NHS and social care services is given to patients and the public.
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.
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