6 November, 2012
6 November, 2012
Department of Health launches initiative that invites healthcare professionals and the public to comment on regulations covering a range of areas including quality of care, mental health, the NHS, public health and professional standards.
29 October, 2012
New regulations provide for the change in the name of the Council for Healthcare and Regulatory Excellence to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
26 October, 2012
Local authorities will be able to bid for money from £300m fund to build specially designed new homes and to modernise existing specialised housing to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities.
26 October, 2012
Care Services Minister agrees new target of having 70 per cent of users on personal budgets by April 2013, following talks with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, reports communitycare.co.uk.
26 October, 2012
New resource is designed to make it easier for health and social care professionals involved in hospital discharge to support older patients in returning home safely after a hospital stay and reduce the risk of readmission to hospital.
25 October, 2012
25 October, 2012
New regulations bring into force provisions of Health and Social Care Act 2012 from 1 November 2012.
25 October, 2012
'Show Us You Care' campaign calls for more funding as money available for council services across England and Wales by 2020 will have shrunk by 90 per cent in cash terms.
25 October, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation study found that positive relationships in care homes enable staff to listen to older people, gain insights into individual needs and facilitate greater voice, choice and control.
25 October, 2012
Government announces funding up to £50m for NHS trusts and local authorities to help tailor hospitals and care homes to the needs of people with dementia.
23 October, 2012
Charity launches Find Me Good Care website that combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services.
22 October, 2012
Government publishes response to consultation that sought views on the proposed regulations to enable the delivery of the Right to Control Trailblazers from December 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.
8 October, 2012
Social Care Institute for Excellence launches online resource to help staff in carrying out their responsibilities to safeguard adults at risk.
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