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24 February, 2012

Grant allocations for adults’ personal social services

Department of Health publishes letter that sets out final adults’ personal social services specific revenue and capital grant funding for local authorities for the period 2012/2013.

23 February, 2012

Integrated Family Support Teams in Wales

Two new statutory instruments in relation to Integrated Family Support Teams in Wales.

23 February, 2012

Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

New regulations require that the design and manufacture of badges must comply with substantially more sophisticated technical requirements, designed to mitigate the risk of forgery.

23 February, 2012

Carers Strategies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

New regulations make amendments to Carers Strategies (Wales) Regulations 2011 including making provision to avoid any possible implication that English and Welsh versions of the strategies are treated differently.

23 February, 2012

Performance and capability review of Care Quality Commission

Department of Health review acknowledges that role of Care Quality Commission has not been as clear as it needs to be to health and care providers, patients and the public.

23 February, 2012

Hospital admissions for falls and fractures could be prevented by more integrated care

New report published by Age UK and National Osteoporosis Society recommends that local GPs and hospitals must work together with local authorities to put in place better care programmes for older people.

22 February, 2012

Safeguarding definition ‘widened to a ridiculous degree’

Top-down culture has led to an over-reliance on checklists, process and procedure, says Care Services Minister Paul Burstow.

20 February, 2012

20 February, 2012

16 February, 2012

Integrated Family Support Teams (Family Support Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2012

New regulations set out functions of local authority and Local Health Board that are 'family support functions' for the purposes of section 58 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010.

16 February, 2012

Gap between government rhetoric on disability and reality

TUC argues that for disabled people who are able to work, paid, decent, secure and safe employment is best route out of poverty.

16 February, 2012

Better health for homeless people

Homeless link publishes paper that sets out vision for NHS where every homeless person gets support they need to have a healthier life.

15 February, 2012

Health and Social Care Bill explained

Department of Health publishes series of factsheets to explain topics and key themes contained in Bill.

15 February, 2012

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Excepted Services) Regulations 2012

New regulations exclude certain specified activities from the definition of care services under Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

15 February, 2012

Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012

New regulations make provision for certain types of care services to be inspected at least once in every 12 month period and for these inspections to be unannounced.

9 February, 2012

K v LBX & Ors [2012]

[2012] EWCA Civ 79

8 February, 2012

Older people are ‘let down by fragmented care services’

Health Select Committee report highlights that joined up services are key to securing better outcomes for older people and other vulnerable groups, and to delivering efficiency savings for NHS.

8 February, 2012

People often not at the centre of their own care

Care Quality Commission publishes reports from review of services for people with learning disabilities which shows that services are failing to provide patient-centred care.

7 February, 2012

Supreme Court hears social care costs case

Ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care challenged at Supreme Court, reports bbc.co.uk.