Other areas of social welfare law
Community care
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23 May
Guidance on human rights for commissioners of home care
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a guide to help local authorities understand their human rights obligations when commissioning and procuring home care for older people.
23 May, 2013
21 May
Joseph Rowntree Foundation launches inquiry into care homes ‘risk and relationships’
Programme aims to find out where risk and relationships are managed well, and how; solve practical problems around paperwork in care homes; and work with others to help drive a revolution in care home practice.
21 May, 2013
16 May
Department of Health publishes ‘Adult Social Care: Choice Framework’
Framework sets out choices people are able to make in relation to their care and support that include right for people, including carers, to control services they use; right to choose residential care accommodation; and right to access and receive information to inform choice.
16 May, 2013
15 May
Practical support for health and social care integration plan
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is to support the integration process through its practical guides, training materials and consultancy services.
15 May, 2013
14 May
‘Integrated care and support: our shared commitment’
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has launched plans to make integrated health and social care services a reality.
14 May, 2013
13 May
Care Bill 2013/2014 receives first reading in House of Lords
Bill includes measures to reform the law relating to care and support for adults and to support for carers, to make provision about safeguarding adults from abuse or neglect, and to make provision about care standards.
13 May, 2013
Government announces £10 million funding for hospital aftercare for the homeless
Estimated that currently 70% of homeless people are discharged from hospital without their health and housing problems being properly addressed.
13 May, 2013
10 May
MN & Anor v London Borough of Hackney
New High Court judgment considers whether local authority obliged to provide support and accomodation under section 17 of Childrens Act 1989 to two children and their parents who were in UK in breach of immigration rules (but not asylum seekers).
10 May, 2013
How social workers can make personal budgets work for people with dementia
New CommunityCare article says that, by following good practice on assessments, support planning and reviews, social workers can overcome barriers to making personal budgets work for people with dementia.
10 May, 2013
9 May
SL v Westminster City Council
New Supreme Court judgment considers the meaning of a 'need for care and attention' that was 'not otherwise available' for the purposes of deciding if the council had a duty to provide accommodation under section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948 to a homeless failed asylum seeker.
09 May, 2013
