Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Adult social care staff are carrying out tasks previously undertaken by the NHS in most areas, without compensatory funding, council heads have reported. Seventy per cent of directors said this was the case, in response to an Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey carried out in September and October of this year.
Community Care
APRIL 11, 2024
In 2001, the government tasked the former chief inspector of social services with chairing a statutory inquiry into the murder of the eight-year-old Ivorian girl by her great aunt, Marie-Therese Kouao, and Kouao’s boyfriend, Carl Manning the previous year. “It But, the crossbench peer says, some of that outstanding work has been lost.
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Community Care
APRIL 13, 2023
The Welsh Government dubbed the decision to delay implementation of the scheme, which would apply in England and Wales, “deeply disappointing”, with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) also expressing concerns. By reducing the number of assessments required from six under DoLS to three under LPS.
Community Care
AUGUST 18, 2023
The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. This sets out that the section 117 duty is triggered when a person ceases to be detained and leaves hospital.
Community Care
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The implementation of the Care Quality Commission’s new performance assessment scheme for local authority adult social services next April, which council leaders want to see delayed. How the sector will manage the coming winter, including how £500m allocated to bolster the workforce and help clear hospital beds should be used.
Community Care
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
In return for £400m in additional cash for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) expects councils to take action in relation to any one of reducing waiting times, addressing workforce shortages, tackling delayed discharges from hospital or improving fee rates for providers.
Community Care
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Councils lack the money to move towards paying providers a fair price for care, directors have warned, in the light of government-mandated analyses of the costs of services, directors have said. McClinton said the settlement was not sufficient to help councils increase the rates they pay providers in real terms.
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