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Tag Archives: Adult Social Care: Market Oversight
Clarity on Debate Over Use of Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care? (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is expected to issue guidance in the new year for people wishing to install hidden cameras to monitor standards of their own, their friend’s or a relative’s care. Issues such as privacy and dignity … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Andrea Sutcliffe: Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC’s Panorama, Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed: Panorama (BBC One), Better Care Homes, Camera Use to Monitor Care, Care Home Abuse, Care Home Assessments, Care Home Culture, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Market, Care Home Regulation, Care Home Residents, Care Home Sector, Care Home Staff, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV in Care Homes, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Care, Compassion in Practice, Covert Care Camera Guidance, Covert Care Cameras, Covert Monitoring, Cruelty, Delivering Dignity, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Dignity in Dementia, HC-One, HCP: Home Care Packages, Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care Quality, Home Care, Home Care Providers, Home Care Standards, Neglect, Neglectful Care, Panorama (BBC TV), Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults, Privacy, Privacy and Dignity, Privacy Rights, Protecting Adults from Abuse or Neglect, Respectful Communication, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Safe and Compassionate Care, Telemonitoring, Views on Telemonitoring Services, Wilful Neglect
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Care Act 2014: Care and Support Consultation (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health is holding a consultation to discover views on how local authorities should deliver the care and support reforms specified in Part 1 of the 2014 Care Act. The consultation closes on August 15th 2014. The … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Social Work Practice (SWP) Pilots, Adult Social Care Survey, Adult Social Care: Choice Framework, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Care Act 2014, Care Act 2014: Care and Support Consultation, Care and Support Statutory Guidance, Consultation on Implementation of Part 1 of Care Act During 2015/16, Contracting Out, Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2014, Contracting Out of Local Authorities Social Services Functions, English Local Authorities, Integration of Health and Social Care, Kings College London, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authorities Social Services, Local Authorities with Adult Social Care Responsibilities (LA ASCRs), Reforming Social Care, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London
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Care England: Merger of Social Care Provider Representative Bodies (ECCA / NCA)
Summary The largest two social care provider representative bodies, namely the English Community Care Association (ECCA) and the National Care Association (NCA) will merge into the single new body to be called “Care England”. This will come into effect from January … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, Care England, Care England (Formerly ECCA and NCA), English Community Care Association (ECCA), National Care Association (NCA), Social Care, Social Care Provider Representative Bodies
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Changes Needed in the Care Bill for Carers (Carers UK)
Summary This Carers UK briefing covers amendments which the charity has requested regarding the UK Government’s Care Bill, published last week. “Carers UK has warmly welcomed the Draft of the Bill, published last year, but we have also called for a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Carers UK, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Care Home Regulation Unfit for Purpose: Care Minister Norman Lamb (BBC News)
Summary Care minister Norman Lamb has concluded that regulation of the care sector is not fit for purpose. New proposals on care homes are open for consultation. One proposal is for regulators to be given greater powers to examine the books of the … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care: Market Oversight, BBC Health News, Care Home Inspections, Care Home Leadership, Care Home Regulation, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Consultation, Consultation Paper, Consumer Protection, Developing Care Markets for Quality and Choice, Early Warning Systems (Care Homes), Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Four Test System, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Local Authorities, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority Scrutiny Functions, Market Oversight (Care Homes), Market Oversight Consultation Team, Market Oversight in Adult Social Care, Norman Lamb (Former Care Minister), Regulation, Regulators, Residential Care Homes, Safeguarding, Social Care Market Regulation, Supplier of Last Resort
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