4 March, 2021
4 March, 2021
Two-week funded respite break turned into a five-month separation and a £15,000 care fees debt due to the council's delay in assessing the resident's and his carer's needs
2 March, 2021
Policy for assessing reductions in capital set a false burden of proof for showing resident's spending was allowed under care charging regulations
18 February, 2021
New statutory instruments
18 February, 2021
Jeremey Hunt says that pandemic has 'shone its cruel light' on the system's failings and resolving crisis must be priority
16 February, 2021
Lancashire County Council, R (On the Application Of) v JM & Anor [2021] EWHC 268 (Admin)
12 February, 2021
11 February, 2021
New legislation will support Covid-19 recovery by ‘stripping away unnecessary legislative bureaucracy, empowering local leaders and services and tackling health inequalities’
10 February, 2021
New report from Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee expresses concern that social care staff are undervalued, and calls for shift from 'crisis driven' approach towards preventative model
10 February, 2021
Focusing on effect of Act on carers, study finds that, contrary to expectations, volume of assessments, numbers of carers accessing support, and expenditure on carer specific services have all decreased since 2014
4 February, 2021
Greater investment in social care should form part of new narrative to replace 'crisis with prevention and wellbeing, burden with investment and variation with fairness’
4 February, 2021
Failure to make alternative arrangements meant daughter was compelled to continue providing care without payment for more than a year
29 January, 2021
New NHS digital annual figures also show that more than half of the 6,000 plus agreements outstanding at year-end were started in the previous 12 months
25 January, 2021
White paper includes proposals for new ways of arranging and providing care and support and shifts focus of commissioning towards outcomes linked to quality of service and improved well-being
21 January, 2021 Open access
Open until 31 March 2021, the scheme’s funding has been increased by £250,000 to £1.25m
23 December, 2020
Government urged to act as a result of the 'profoundly adverse effects' that the coronavirus pandemic has had on disabled people's access to services
21 December, 2020
SH, R (On the Application Of) v Norfolk County Council & Anor [2020] EWHC 3436 (Admin)
21 December, 2020
RS, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Brent [2020] EWCA Civ 1711
8 December, 2020
Major public body's failure to take prompt and effective action to ensure that agreed recommendations are properly implemented is 'unacceptable', says Ombudsman
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