Category: Community Care- Adults
The government has shelved planned cuts to the number of people receiving personal independence payment (PIP) pending a review of the benefit, in a last-minute concession to help it win a key vote on its welfare reform bill. MPs approved the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, in principle, by 330 votes to 265 […]
By Tim Spencer-Lane The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was introduced into Parliament on 11 November 2024. This bill makes provision for a person who is terminally ill and meets the eligibility criteria to choose to request and lawfully be provided with assistance to end their own life. This will be of particular […]
Existing personal independence payment (PIP) claimants will be protected from losing £3,800 or £5,700 a year after the government U-turned on some of its disability benefit reforms to avoid them being defeated in the House of Commons. Ministers will also protect over two million existing recipients of the health element of universal credit – paid […]
This year’s increase in councils’ adult social care budgets appears to be barely enough to cover required rises to wages and taxation for the providers they commission, government figures suggest. English authorities are budgeting £26.7bn for adult social care in 2025-26 (excluding funding from the NHS), up by £2.2bn in cash terms and £1.6bn (6.2%), […]
Bigger councils have outperformed smaller ones on average in relation to the Care Quality Commission’s assessments of adults’ services, according to an analysis of the first 30 reports. The average population of authorities rated good was significantly higher than that of those graded requires improvement by the CQC, found the consultancy IMPOWER. It questioned whether […]
Assisted dying is set to become legal in England and Wales after MPs gave legislation to bring it about their backing. The House of Commons voted by 314 to 291 in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at the final stage of its passage through the House of Commons today. The […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. About 800,000 disabled people face losing out on personal independence payment (PIP) by 2030 under legislation to cut benefits published by the government yesterday. The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill also includes measures to […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A director of adult social services (DASS) has been appointed chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Chris Badger, who has been director of adult social care at […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. The care minister has said he is “not entirely convinced” by the case for replacing the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS). The introduction of the LPS is “under review”, Stephen […]
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. A National Social Work Agency will be created to promote the profession in Scotland, following the passage of the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill last week. The agency will sit within the Scottish Government and support the […]