Other areas of social welfare law
Community care
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12 April
Health and wellbeing boards
New Kings Fund report assesses the ways in which local authorities have begun to develop new arrangements for integrated health and local government services.
12 April, 2012
10 April
Changes to Care Quality Commission registration
Department of Health publishes consultation response on proposed changes to regulations for Care Quality Commission registration.
10 April, 2012
Care Quality Commission equality objectives
Final equality objectives detail how Care Quality Commission consider equality issues when regulating services.
10 April, 2012
4 April
Health and Social Care Act explained
Health Secretary sets out what Health and Social Care Act will mean for clinical commissioning groups, NHS and local authorities.
04 April, 2012
Age equality in health and social care
Government to delay decision on implementation of proposed ban on age discrimination in provision of services.
04 April, 2012
3 April
National Assistance in Wales
New statutory instrument prescribes the sum which a local authority in Wales assumes a person to need for their personal requirements, and the capital limit, for the purposes of national assistance legislation.
03 April, 2012
2 April
Care Quality Commission responds to Public Accounts Committee report
CQC 'disappointed' that report, based on last year’s National Audit Office report, does not recognise the significant improvements of recent months.
02 April, 2012
Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012
New regulations increase the thresholds below which certain types of social care are not to be charged for by local authorities.
02 April, 2012
Adult social care outcomes framework
Department of Health updates framework document for 2012/2013 and accompanying handbook of definitions which supersedes the November 2011 edition.
02 April, 2012
Social Care Bulletin
Issue 20 of Department of Health's Social Care bulletin is now available.
02 April, 2012
30 March
Care Quality Commission is ‘poorly governed and led’ says Public Accounts Committee
New report highlights that the Commission's role is unclear, and that information provided to the public on the quality of care is inadequate and does not engender confidence in the care system.
30 March, 2012
DL v A Local Authority & Ors
New Court of Appeal judgment that considers the High Court's jurisdiction to make declarations and, if necessary, put protective measures in place in relation to vulnerable adults who do not fall within the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
30 March, 2012
29 March
Fuel Payments Scheme (Patients Receiving Treatment for Cancer) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety estimates that approximately 6,000 patients being treated for cancer will be eligible to receive help towards their fuel costs.
29 March, 2012
Spending on adult social care services by local authorities fell by one per cent last year
New Health and Social Care Information Centre report also shows that older people aged 65 and over, who account for over half of money spent on services, saw the biggest absolute expenditure fall.
29 March, 2012
28 March
What service users think about adult social care
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report identifies issues that are important to service users and makes recommendations on future of adult social care.
28 March, 2012
