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Delivering for health: delivering for mental health national standards for crisis services

Standards for crisis response and resolution services to reduce hospital admissions and repeat admissions are presented. The standards cover access and availability, planning and delivering support, promoting equality and respecting diversity, resolution and discharge, service user involvement, supporting and involving carers, training and workforce development, and working with communities.

Original report (pdf) on the Scottish Government website.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Summary of the direct payments guidance 2011

A summary of the Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Guidance 2011.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Living matters dying matters: a palliative and end of life care strategy for adults in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Health Minister launched 'Living Matters Dying Matters: A Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy for Adults in Northern Ireland’. Palliative and end of life care is the active care of patients with advanced progressive illness. This report outlines the strategy and identifies palliative and end of life care as a continuum of care that evolves as a person's condition progresses.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Scottish community care statistics 2000

Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Voice, choice and control: how registered nurses, care and support staff in the care sector can support people to achieve these aims

This document provides guidance on how registered nurses, care and support staff can enable relationship-centred care, and how they can work with others to achieve personalised care and support.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Domiciliary care: implementation of regulations and national minimum standards

Work has been underway for some while to regulate domiciliary care services, where personal care is provided, in Wales following powers provided under section 22 of the Care Standards Act 2000. The Minister for Health and Social Services established a Task and Finish Working Group in August 2002 to provide expert advice on the realities of applying Regulations and National Minimum Standards to domiciliary care agencies in Wales.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004: chapter 15; explanatory notes

This Act makes three main changes to the law with the objective of providing further support for carers and helping to ensure that they are not placed at a disadvantage because of the care they provide. First, the Act requires local authorities to inform carers, in certain circumstances, that they may be entitled to an assessment under the 1995 and 2000 Acts. Second, when undertaking a carer's assessment, the local authority must consider whether the carer works, undertakes any form of education, training or leisure activity, or wishes to do any of those things.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:10

Promoting independence: partnership, prevention and carers grants; conditions and allocations 2000/2001

Draws the attention of local authorities to the draft Local Government Special Grant Reports for promoting independence. Also sets out guidance on the conditions (subject to Parliamentary approval and possible changes of a drafting nature) which will be attached to the new grants, and confirms each local authority's allocation for each of the grants for 2000/2001.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:09

The community care assessment directions 2004

Full involvement of individuals and their carers in both assessment and care planning has long been recognised as good practice and the importance of doing so has been highlighted in previous guidance. The Community Care Assessment Directions place existing good practice and guidance on conducting care assessments and care planning into a legal framework.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:09

The new Mental Health Act: an easy read guide

An easy read guide to the mental health act, a new law which says how you can be treated if you have a mental disorder, and also says what your rights are, is presented.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:09