Health and Social Care Issues and Information
A Report on Patient Experience and Feedback from Community Pharmacy Patient and Public Group
Click here for more details on the Governments proposed reforms to the NHS
Know your rights …important documents relating to care charges approved by Community Care lawyer Luke Clements, Mencap:
- Get your rights – what to do if your service is cut
- Community care – an overview
- Get your rights – charging for day services
Click here to read the Government’s A Vision for Adult Social Care
Click here to read the CQC’s review on Dignity and Nutrition for older people at St George’s
Guide to the Coalition Government’s
Social Care Plans
Below is a list of documents relating to the reform of social care
services. More detailed information can be found at either
www.islingtonlink.org or www.doh.gov.uk/socialcare.
A Vision for Adult Social Care: Capable Communities and Active
Citizens (November 2010): Sets out the Government’s overarching 7
principles (the ‘7 Ps’) for adult social care – prevention,
personalisation, protection, partnership, plurality of providers,
increasing productivity through improved local transparency and
accountability, and people (a skilled and supported workforce). These
‘7 Ps’ will be the basis for future reform.
Transparency in Outcomes: A Framework for Adult Social Care
(November 2010): Sets out Government plans for monitoring Local
Government performance. One of the big changes is the replacement of
Central Government targets with a new approach to monitoring based
on broad outcomes and quality standards. Peer review between
Councils and monitoring by user-led organisation (such as LINks/
HealthWatch) are also proposed.
Independent Review Commissions: The Government has set up two
independent commissions to review and make proposals relating to
adult social care law (Law Commission) and funding for social care and
support (Dilnot Commission). Both will have reported by Summer 2011.
This will be followed by White Paper on Social Care (Autumn 2011)
setting out Government policy and then a Health and Social Care Bill
(2012), which is expected to unify social care law into a single
Act of Parliament.
