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Personal care at home: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document seeks views on the Government’s proposals for requiring councils in England with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs. On 25 November, the Government introduced the Personal Care At Home Bill (“the Bill”) to enable this to happen. The consultation will last until 23rd February 2010, but the Department would welcome earlier responses, by 26th January.
Personal care at home: a consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance: the government response
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out the government’s response to the public consultation Personal Care at Home, which ran from 25 November 2009 to 23 February 2010. The original consultation sought the public’s views on the Government’s proposals for requiring councils in England with adult social services responsitilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs, as introduced in the Personal Care At Home Bill.
Impact assessment of personal care at home: regulations and guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the analysis and evidence for the Government’s proposed policy which would require councils in England with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to provide personal care free of charge in certain circumstances to people with the highest needs. It provides a cost-benefit analysis of free personal care at home, and details specific impacts on small firms, health, rural areas, black and minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities, women and older people.
Care homes for older people: national minimum standards and the Care Homes Regulations 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 91p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
This document contains a statement of national minimum standards published by the Secretary of State under section 23(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000. The statement is applicable to care homes (as defined by section 3 of that Act) which provide accommodation, together with nursing or personal care, for older people. Each standard is, for explanatory purposes only, preceded by a title and an indication of the intended outcome in relation to that standard. The standards are grouped under the following key topics, which highlight aspects of individuals' lives identified during the stakeholder consultation as most important to service users: choice of home; health and personal care; daily life and social activities; complaints and protection; environment; staffing, management and administration.