24 July, 2012
24 July, 2012
New regulations amend council tax legislation to reflect the fact that care homes in England are now registered under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
20 July, 2012
Charity 'warmly welcomes' policy proposals in White Paper, however, potential of the proposals cannot be fully realised until the government resolves the crucial issue of funding.
19 July, 2012
New regulations prescribe the manner in which local authorities must make provision for short breaks for the carers of disabled children in their area.
18 July, 2012
New Health and Social Care Information Centre report also shows that 58 per cent of applications related to people over 74.
18 July, 2012
New draft Care and Support Bill site allows comments on each part, or clause, of the draft Bill, and also by topic.
16 July, 2012
16 July, 2012
Department of Health publishes ‘Sector regulation: an update on plans for consultation and implementation’ document that describes the various consultation documents and sets out their expected timings.
13 July, 2012
Issue 21 of Department of Health's Social Care bulletin is now available.
12 July, 2012
Leading organisations issue responses to Care and Support White Paper and draft Care and Support Bill.
12 July, 2012
New The King's Fund publication explains how the Act became law, through to the development of the 2010 White Paper Liberating the NHS to the passage of the Bill through Parliament.
12 July, 2012
Department for Work and Pensions publishes consultation that seeks views on the impact that closing the Independent Living Fund in 2015 would have on users, local authorities and care and support systems.
12 July, 2012
Department of Health publishes factsheets that explain key topics covered by the draft Care and Support Bill.
11 July, 2012
Proposals for reform issued alongside draft Care and Support Bill which creates a single law for adult care and support.
11 July, 2012
Government publishes response to consultation on areas of the current charging arrangements for residential social care.
11 July, 2012
Government to introduce a deferred payment scheme from 2015 as part of a package of measures proposed by the Dilnot commission, reports bbc.co.uk.
9 July, 2012
Critics say government needs to provide more information on how it will fund cap on social care costs and when it will be introduced, ahead of White Paper due to be published on Wednesday, reports bbc.co.uk.
6 July, 2012
New UK Homecare Association 'Care is not a commodity' report also shows that one in ten visits were commissioned for 15 minutes or shorter.
5 July, 2012
BBC reports on Health Minister's speech to Northern Ireland Assembly outlining greater influence for GPs in how community care is delivered, alongside individual budgets for care recipients.
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