Discussion Paper from Camphill Research Network ‘re-thinks community care and Camphill Model’
The Centre for Welfare Reform has now (Nov 2015) published a critical review of Maria Lyons’ research on Camphill, as a discussion paper. Maria published her Discussion Paper ‘RE-THINKING COMMUNITY CARE: THE CAMPHILL VILLAGE MODEL. A Critical Appraisal’ under the auspices of the Camphill Research Network.
The Children and Families Act 2014 – a Guide to Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans
This guide first appeared in Resnews 2015.2. The EHC reforms discussed are the consequence of the Children and Families Act 2014. A Guide to Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans
Rescare Guide to Learning Disability and Work Related Benefits
To accompany our Guide to the Care Act – recently posted to the Legislation & Policies section of our website, after first being published in 2015 editions of our newsletter Resnews – we have decided to publish other ‘user guides’ first published in Resnews during 2015. This guide appeared in Resnews 2015.3. Note one of […]
Rescare Guide to Personal Budgets (published in Resnews 2014.4)
To accompany our Guide to the Care Act – recently posted to the Legislation & Policies section of our website, after first being published in 2015 editions of our newsletter Resnews – we have decided to publish other ‘user guides’ first published in Resnews during 2015. This guide appeared in Resnews 2015.4. Note one of […]
Care Quality Commission Consultation: public events
Care Quality Commission consultation on future of health and adult social care regulation The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will soon be carrying out the final stage of consultation on its strategy for 2016-2021. The strategy will set out our proposals for developing the way it works to make sure it is flexible and responsive to […]
APPLGD. Up and running again, with so much to discuss…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability (APPGLD)… desccribes itself as a group of MPs and peers from all political parties who are interested in issues that affect people with a learning disability and their families. They hold meetings in Parliament, to which they invite guest speakers to help them in their discussions. Following […]
The Care Act 2014 – A User Guide
This ‘User Guide’ to the Care Act 2014 appeared in four parts in consecutive editions of Resnews 2015-16. (Resnews is the quarterly newsletter to our members). The Guide was generally well-received, and we publish it here in the hope that it will inform and help a wider audience. The Care Act – What will […]
The Care Act 2014
The Care Act 2014 was enacted in 2014. As of April 2015, the Act and supporting guidance place a series of new duties and responsibilities on local authorities about care and support for adults. The Act has been described as the most significant legislative change affecting care provision ‘in the last 60 years’ or ‘since […]
The identification and support of pupils with hidden disabilities (especially autism) in schools
A crisis in the identification of special educational needs (SEN) and in SEN provision. Rescare trustee Simon Burdis, who has considerable professional experience of SEN provision in schools, recently wrote to ministers at the DfE and DoH to express his exasperation at the current sitiuation (notwithstanding the reforms outlined in the Children and Families Act […]
Health and Social Care Act 2012
The Health and Social Care Act 2012, enacted on 27th March, is the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date. It proposes the abolition of NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs). Thereafter, £60 to £80 billion of “commissioning”, or health care funds, would […]