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Oversight of the social care market: discussion paper
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The development of the market within social care over the past 20 years has meant that individuals with a care and support need have experienced more choice in the services they receive. However questions have been raised as to whether there is a need for additional measures to oversee the social care market and ensure that those needing vital services are properly protected. Focusing on large residential care providers, this discussion paper puts forward some of the issues to be considered. The paper highlights the regulation that currently exists in the market. It then discusses some of the issues raised by the closure of Southern Cross Health care homes. The objectives of any forthcoming government reform are identified as the need to provide greater protection to people who find themselves without the care that they need due to the sudden failure of a provider. The paper then outlines three broad levels at which measures to protect users could work. It also identifies other sectors social care could learn from. Discussion questions on future government reform provided through the document as part of the government's wider engagement exercise on the future of care and support. Responses are to be submitted to the Department of Health by 2 December 2011.
Supporting micromarket development: a concise practical guide for local authorities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, NAAPS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
NAAPS is a membership organisation which supports providers of very small family and community based services, helping them to get the advice, help and representation that they need. The Department of Health funded a three-year NAAPS project to test a business model designed to support and stimulate the development of a range of micro care and support services. These can provide real choice for people that need care or support to live the lives that they choose as part of their local community. This report describes how the project has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of this local support agency approach, and learning from the first phase has been brought together in a detailed practical guide for local authorities and other organisations interested in stimulating and supporting micro enterprise in their area. The report describes how, for an agency to be successful, that: local authorities recognise that work with micro enterprises is key to shaping and building the market to ensure that choice is locally available, and work to stimulate and support micro social enterprise has the commitment of senior management.
Supporting micromarket development: a detailed practical guide for local authorities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, NAAPS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- London
NAAPS is a membership organisation which supports providers of very small family and community based services, helping them to get the advice, help and representation that they need. The Department of Health funded a three-year NAAPS project to test a business model designed to support and stimulate the development of a range of micro care and support services. These can provide real choice for people that need care or support to live the lives that they choose as part of their local community. This guide describes how the project has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of this local support agency approach, and learning from the first phase has been brought together in a detailed practical guide for local authorities and other organisations interested in stimulating and supporting micro enterprise in their area. The guide describes how, for an agency to be successful, that: local authorities recognise that work with micro enterprises is key to shaping and building the market to ensure that choice is locally available, and work to stimulate and support micro social enterprise has the commitment of senior management. The guide is designed for local authorities wishing to stimulate and support micro social care and support enterprises. It provides local authorities with an important tool to enable them to ensure that all local people who need support and services have real choice.
Supporting micromarket development: key messages for local authorities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, NAAPS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A central tenet of the government’s personalisation strategy as set out in Putting People First is to give every person eligible for publicly-funded adult social care a personal budget. But for this to work properly people need a range of services to choose from that reflect the full diversity of their lives, needs and aspirations. Local authorities have been tasked with shaping and building the market to ensure that this choice is available. This new role is not yet well understood and local markets in many areas still provide only limited choice to people. This brief report highlights the value to local authorities of establishing a local support agency to stimulate and support local micro social care enterprise to promote diversity and choice for people seeking a personalised service. Micro social care and support providers are independent of any larger or parent organisation and often deliver the service themselves without employing staff or have a small number of paid or unpaid workers. Most providers of micro services see their operation as being an ideal size and are not aiming to develop their enterprise in order to support more people or to expand into a different area.
Creating capable teams approach (CCTA): best practice to support the implementation of new ways of working (NWW) and new roles: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a companion document to the New Ways of Working (NWW) for Everyone Progress Report as a way of helping mental health teams to reflect on their current and future capabilities and skill mix and so help to deliver NWW in mental health. It is an ‘off the shelf’, 5 step approach to support teams to implement NWW and New Roles. The CCTA can be used in all areas of mental health, across health and social care, for all ages, in statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Creating capable teams approach (CCTA): best practice to support the implementation of new ways of working (NWW) and new roles: facilitator's handbook
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 179p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a companion document to the New Ways of Working (NWW) for Everyone Progress Report as a way of helping mental health teams to reflect on their current and future capabilities and skill mix and so help to deliver NWW in mental health. It is an ‘off the shelf’, 5 step approach to support teams to implement NWW and New Roles. The CCTA can be used in all areas of mental health, across health and social care, for all ages, in statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Creating capable teams approach (CCTA): best practice to support the implementation of new ways of working (NWW) and new roles: participant's handbook
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a companion document to the New Ways of Working (NWW) for Everyone Progress Report as a way of helping mental health teams to reflect on their current and future capabilities and skill mix and so help to deliver NWW in mental health. It is an ‘off the shelf’, 5 step approach to support teams to implement NWW and New Roles. The CCTA can be used in all areas of mental health, across health and social care, for all ages, in statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
Our health, our care, our community: investing in the future of community hospitals and services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance describes in more detail how we intend to invest up to £750 million over the next five years in a new generation of community hospitals and it illustrates how they can remain sustainable through new partnerships both in the NHS or with independent or voluntary sector providers.
Independent healthcare: national minimum standards
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
This document contains a statement of the national minimum standards. published by the Secretary of State under section 23(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000. The statement is applicable to independent hospitals, independent clinics and independent medical agencies as defined by section 2 of that Act.
Care Standards Act 2000: (Commencement No 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings (Provisions) Order 2001: guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Regards the transitional and Savings Provisions Commencement Order to be issued under the Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA). The order sets out the transitional arrangements for different groups of providers who will be registered under Part II of the CSA, by the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC), when it takes over responsibility for the regulation of social care and independent health care services from April 2002.