The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents almost 400 councils across England and Wales, has said that services for children with mental health problems need a complete overhaul to make them easier for young people and their families to access. Council leaders have said that the current “fragmented” system means children are forced to navigate …
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According to Labour party research, last year an estimated 300,000 ambulances were left queuing outside hospitals with patients waiting to be seen in A&E. The longest recorded delay was more than eight hours, despite the 15-minute nationally agreed standard. Labour obtained data from all ambulance trusts in England under the Freedom of Information Act. It …
In the recent judgment, Re X and others (Deprivation of Liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25, the president of the Court of Protection Sir James Munby, set out a broad framework for handling deprivation of liberty cases compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights. Munby claimed that a new system would help the court deal with …
Large care home providers are to face a tough new regime of corporate inspections by CQC. Under the plans, if a single care home run by a larger group is found to be inadequately caring for residents, it could trigger an urgent, wider look at other care homes run by the company. Andrea Sutcliffe, CQC’s …
A study commissioned by Comic Relief into preventing the abuse and neglect of older people was published in December 2013 and one of the key recommendations resulting from the study was that the government – “require health and care regulators jointly to consult with relevant interests, including commissioners, employers and resident/patient groups, to agree ‘fundamental’ …
The focus of Government attention in the care sector has been the persistent demand that hard working citizens should look forward to state funded care in the evening of their lives without recourse to their savings, leaving those savings for enjoyment by their successors. Of course such an aspiration is wholly unaffordable, particularly if it …
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The Department of Health has published its consultation on funding formulae for implementation of the Care Act in 2015/16. It focuses on options for distributing funding to local authorities, and covers three main areas: · Additional assessments for the cap on care costs. · Universal deferred payment agreements. · Social care in prisons. The cap …
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