2 December, 2011
1 December, 2011
Government says that it wants to tackle barriers to realising aspirations and individual control, as well as change attitudes and behaviour towards disabled people.
1 December, 2011
New Audit Commission briefing shows significant differences in the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the country.
29 November, 2011
Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes report which explores the views of older people and proposes a model which demonstrates how their needs could be met.
29 November, 2011
TUC publishes recording of online seminar with Andrew Dilnot, chair of the Dilnot Commission into social care and Alison Roche, Prof Peter Beresford and Barbara Keeley MP.
29 November, 2011
Scottish Government publishes statistics that show that the number of Home Care clients has declined over the last four years.
24 November, 2011
23 November, 2011
Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes inquiry into protection and promotion of human rights of older people in England who require or receive home-based care and support.
23 November, 2011
Department of Health updates handbook which sets out details of social care measures, with examples to promote consistency in reporting and interpretation.
22 November, 2011
Think Local Act Personal seeks to gather examples of innovative practice in delivering fully personalised care and support.
22 November, 2011
General Social Care Council launches guidance to increase public protection by supporting social workers to practise ethically and safely by encouraging reflection on professional boundaries issues.
18 November, 2011
Advice stresses that information about health and social care services must be published in a transparent and usable form and patients must have better access to health care records.
15 November, 2011
New regulations amend Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 by requiring that the design and manufacture of badges must comply with substantially more sophisticated technical requirements, designed to mitigate risk of forgery.
11 November, 2011
Isle of Wight Council's plans would have meant that only vulnerable adults assessed as critical or at risk of becoming critical would qualify for assistance.
11 November, 2011
Social care has languished in the 'too-difficult-to-do' box for far too long, says Minister in Westminster hall debate.
3 November, 2011
New report published by NHS shows that 42 per cent of alleged abuse takes place in vulnerable adult's own home.
2 November, 2011
Homeless people are more likely to have poor physical and mental health, yet they are often overlooked in decision making processes which inform health commissioning, says Homeless Link.
31 October, 2011
Decision to close mental hospitals and treat patients in community has failed to help most vulnerable, according to new report published by the Centre for Social Justice, the think tank founded by Iain Duncan Smith.
28 October, 2011
Government figures show a cut of nearly a fifth to local authority support for most vulnerable, reports guardian.co.uk.
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