15 February, 2012
8 February, 2012
Health Select Committee report highlights that joined up services are key to securing better outcomes for older people and other vulnerable groups, and to delivering efficiency savings for NHS.
8 February, 2012
Care Quality Commission publishes reports from review of services for people with learning disabilities which shows that services are failing to provide patient-centred care.
7 February, 2012
Ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care challenged at Supreme Court, reports bbc.co.uk.
7 February, 2012
Department of Health publishes estimates of how 2010/2011 spend by primary care trusts would be deployed under new commissioning arrangements proposed in Health and Social Care bill.
7 February, 2012
Social Care Institute for Excellence publishes new guides for care home providers which include information about how safeguarding in care homes should be central to commissioning process.
6 February, 2012
2 February, 2012
Amendments include NHS Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups having stronger duties to promote patient involvement in their own care.
1 February, 2012
Paper published by Department of Health discusses how personal health budgets are relevant to people receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare and how they change healthcare pathway.
30 January, 2012
Age UK publishes Care Crisis 2012 report that shows that as a result of falling spending thousands of people who need care do not receive any formal support.
26 January, 2012
New tool developed by Ofsted to produce pre-inspection data briefings to support contact, referral and assessment inspections, and safeguarding looked after children inspections.
25 January, 2012
Report argues that there needs to be more integration between health and social care to reduce number of people needing hospital treatment, which is often more expensive.
25 January, 2012
New Social Services Bill will give users a legal set of rights, and offer more chances for people to be in charge of their own care budgets, reports bbc.co.uk.
18 January, 2012
Grant provides financial assistance for housing adaptations to help older and disabled people continue living in their homes for longer.
17 January, 2012
Ministers call on councils to make use of New Deal for Older People to enable choice and control over where people live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care.
16 January, 2012
To coincide with start of the talks, Age UK publishes statistics that suggest the majority of public want to see social care system changed, reports bbc.co.uk.
10 January, 2012
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announces that recommendation areas accepted include education and training, integrated care, NHS's role in public health and information provision to patients and GPs.
5 January, 2012
Prime Minister wants changes to make life more convenient for patients, improve care and save the NHS money, reports guardian.co.uk.
5 January, 2012
The Kings Fund publishes report to Department of Health and NHS Future Forum which examines what barriers to integrated care need to be overcome and what can be done to provide a supporting framework.
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