21 January, 2021 Open access
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
3 December, 2020
New funding is in addition to the £505 million paid to councils in May 2020
27 November, 2020 Open access
26 November, 2020
City Council also found to have left insufficient time to complete the process of moving the care home resident to accommodation within its budget limits
26 November, 2020
Disabled man was left to pay for some of his own care when capital reduced below self-funding threshold
24 November, 2020 Open access
Without further funding, caring arrangements that millions rely on will break down and costs will be paid for by society and the economy, ADASS warns
23 November, 2020 Open access
Age UK says that social care was grossly underfunded before the pandemic and while the government’s emergency injection of funds has helped, it has simply not been enough
16 November, 2020 Open access
6 November, 2020 Open access
Directors of Adult Social Services call for discrete new winter funding, including £1.2 billion for family carer breaks
5 November, 2020
New research finds that only 15 per cent of carers had received an assessment in the year up to March 2020
22 October, 2020
However, while calling for £7bn annual increase in funding as a starting point, MPs say that full cost of adequate funding is likely to run to tens of billions of pounds
22 October, 2020
Ombudsman highlights that, where there is an identified support need, there is a legal right to have help provided
20 October, 2020 Open access
Open until 31 March 2021, the £1m funding also marks the launch of a public consultation on a new Carers' National Plan for Wales
16 October, 2020 Open access
Pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing funding and staffing problems despite short-term interventions during the outbreak, says Care Quality Commission
15 October, 2020
Fault found in refusal decisions based on incomplete evidence of walking ability, and a failure to allow repeat applications after new rules for 'hidden disabilities' were introduced
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