News: October 2008

New Personalisation Pilot for Disabled Children

Community Care
31 October 2008

A pilot which will extend individual budgets to disabled children could bring children services in line with adults.

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Personal Budgets – A burden?

The Guardian
29 October 2008

David Brindle writes about the successes and pitfalls of personal budgets.

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REC VAT tax concession

28 October 2008

The REC and HMRC met up to discuss the removal of the VAT concession and the impact it will have on industry.

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Personalisation in practice

The Guardian
23 October 2008

Peter Beresford comments on the personalisation agenda and how it needs to be implemented properly not ‘on the cheap.’

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Social Workers are equally divided

Community Care
22 October 2008

A survey by community care shows a divide between opinions on the personalisation agenda.

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Personal Assistants should be regulated

Community Care
22 October 2008

Social workers say people employed directly by service users should be regulated.

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Individual Budgets – a success

DH website
21 October 2008

The Department of Health has published a report evaluating the success of the individual budgets pilot scheme.

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Personalisation hits health

CSIP
16 October 2008

The ICN and In Control personalisation pilots are due to be fed into the Department of Health’s personal health trials over the next few months.

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Six LAs sign up to personalisation

Public Technology Net
14 October 2008

Six Local Authorities have signed up to OLM’s personalisation partnership programme.

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Letter about Individual Budgets

Community Care
9 October 2008

John Drury, Director, Supported Lives writes to Community Care about being cautious with individual budgets.

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Inequality at celebrations

Community Care
9 October 2008

 

Simon Stevens talks about how far we still need to go to achieve equality.

 

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Phil Hope is new minister

Community Care
9 October 2008

Ivan Lewis has been replaced by Phil Hope – who will be the new Minister of state for social care.

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Tories will keep personal care budgets

Caring Business
8 October 2008

The Conservatives have pledged that they will keep personal budgets if they come to power.

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Carer’s Emergency Scheme

8 October 2008
The Guardian

Rotherham Council introduces new emergency scheme for carers. The scheme has been highlighted by the government as an example of Best Practice.

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Analysis of SCIE knowledge review 20

7 October 2008
Community Care

Bob Hudson looks at SCIE’s knowledge review 20 Commissioning person-centred, cost effective local support for people with learning disabilities.

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Government consultation on the future of independent services

3 October 2008
The Bath Chronicle

Bath North East Somerset Council’s healthier communities panel is holding a consultation event to hear views on the future of social care and the personalisation agenda.

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Embarassed on pay day

2 October 2008
Community Care

Simon Heng talks about his relationship with his P.A. including feeling embarrassment on pay day.

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The Guardian
1 October 2008

Technology could help frontline staff implement ‘person-centred’ services and multi-technology training could enable carers to provide better support.

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Community Care
1 October 2008

A Department of health study has shown that councils were not all ready to implement personalisation and that many were yet to make any changes.

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