In a recent report, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (“LGSCO”) has made some important findings about how local authorities may, and may not, calculate the cost of people’s care under the Care Act 2014. Read more »
Changes to Care Act Guidance: chapters 6 & 7 – first contact and identifying needs
April 15th, 2016 by Rachel KammHere is the latest in our series of summaries of the changes made to the Care and Support Statutory Guidance. We have already talked about chapter one and chapters 2-5. Now we’re looking at first contact and identifying needs. As always, I have not included here every change (some of which are very minor or style/formatting), but hopefully this post flags up most of the material differences. Read more »
Changes to Care Act Guidance: chapters 2-5
April 10th, 2016 by Rachel KammJonathan set the ball rolling in his last post, with a summary of the recent changes that the Government made to chapter 1 of the Care and Support Statutory Guidance. Here is the second post in this series, covering chapters 2-5. This completes the section on general responsibilities and universal services. I have not included here every change (some of which are very minor or style/formatting), but hopefully this post flags up most of the material differences. Read more »