22 October, 2012
17 October, 2012
New Family and Parenting Institue report shows that local authorities are focusing on crisis interventions at the expense of family support, early years projects and youth centres.
16 October, 2012
New charter sets out a commitment to work more effectively together to ensure people are fully supported to report concerns and safety issues, and are treated fairly and with empathy, when they have been involved in an incident or have raised a concern, says Care Quality Commission.
16 October, 2012
Leading charities including Scope, The National Autistic Society, Sense, 4Children and The Family and Parenting Institute claim that changes in the Children and Families Bill could fail to improve the lives of families that have disabled children.
15 October, 2012
College of Social Work survey shows support for a new power of entry to enable a local authority to speak face-to-face to someone who they think could be at risk of abuse and neglect, if a third party prevented them from doing so.
10 October, 2012
The Welsh Government launches 12-week consultation into new scheme which will offer eligible children the opportunity to stay with their foster carers beyond the age of 18.
9 October, 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1232
8 October, 2012
Social Care Institute for Excellence launches online resource to help staff in carrying out their responsibilities to safeguard adults at risk.
3 October, 2012
Issue 22 of Department of Health's Social Care bulletin is now available.
1 October, 2012
From April 2013, NICE to be charged with developing better evidence on what high-quality care looks like with the aim of improving the quality of social care.
28 September, 2012
Respondents asked to comment on fees the Commission proposes to to charge health and social care services that are registering with it.
25 September, 2012
Scottish Government publishes figures that also show that the number of people receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) has increased each year from 207 in 2001 to 5,049 in 2012.
25 September, 2012
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb identifies £1.5m to support the potential roll-out of personal health budgets to help individuals choose the most appropriate care for them.
21 September, 2012
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Paul Burstow said the Treasury saw no need for change and was happy to 'kick the can down the road', reports bbc.co.uk.
20 September, 2012
Department of Health issues reminder to visit draft Care and Support Bill site to find out about the draft Bill and comment online.
18 September, 2012
Developing Care Markets for Quality and Choice programme will help local authorities improve choice, provide tailored care and focus care on outcomes that matter.
18 September, 2012
Health and Social Care Information Centre report shows that cases of guardianship – a safeguard available under the Mental Health Act – have fallen in England for the seventh consecutive year.
17 September, 2012
New regulations published in relation to where a person goes into residential care supported by a local authority, the local authority is required to charge the person such sums as they are assessed as being able to pay.
13 September, 2012
Participants said that they are treated with dignity and respect by the health or social care worker they had seen most recently, however, some would have liked more support in getting help with aspects of day-to-day living.
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