4 April, 2012
3 April, 2012
New statutory instrument prescribes the sum which a local authority in Wales assumes a person to need for their personal requirements, and the capital limit, for the purposes of national assistance legislation.
2 April, 2012
CQC 'disappointed' that report, based on last year’s National Audit Office report, does not recognise the significant improvements of recent months.
2 April, 2012
New regulations increase the thresholds below which certain types of social care are not to be charged for by local authorities.
2 April, 2012
Department of Health updates framework document for 2012/2013 and accompanying handbook of definitions which supersedes the November 2011 edition.
2 April, 2012
Issue 20 of Department of Health's Social Care bulletin is now available.
30 March, 2012
29 March, 2012
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety estimates that approximately 6,000 patients being treated for cancer will be eligible to receive help towards their fuel costs.
29 March, 2012
New Health and Social Care Information Centre report also shows that older people aged 65 and over, who account for over half of money spent on services, saw the biggest absolute expenditure fall.
28 March, 2012
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report identifies issues that are important to service users and makes recommendations on future of adult social care.
28 March, 2012
Care Quality Commission publishes second annual report on deprivation of liberty safeguards.
28 March, 2012
Act which received royal assent yesterday is now published.
27 March, 2012
Landmark legislation completes its passage through parliament and becomes law.
27 March, 2012
New regulations make amendments to Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009, Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2011 and the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010, including in relation to application of deprivation of liberty safeguards.
27 March, 2012
New Kings Fund report shows that effective managers and staff working in a supportive organisational context could remedy many of the problems encountered by patients and carers.
26 March, 2012
Most services will be inspected more often, with hospitals, care homes and domiciliary care providers inspected at least once a year.
22 March, 2012
Briefing sets out how the major announcements could affect carers.
22 March, 2012
New Kings Fund report provides an overview of environmental impacts of health and social care and examines evidence for a connection between sustainability and productivity.
22 March, 2012
New Department of Health report examines different ways of integrating care, for example, between general practices, community nurses, hospitals and social services.
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