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This assessment looks at the likely equality impact of possible reforms to the care and support system on people according to age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion and belief, and sexuality. It takes the issues of funding, increased personalisation, innovation, joined-up services and better provision of information on how the system works and what service users and carers are entitled to as proposed in the green paper 'Shaping the future of care together' and forecasts potential outcomes for the groups mentioned above.

Between March and May 2015, the Department of Health asked people and organisations to share their views about strengthening the rights and choices of people to live in the community, especially people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health conditions. This document summarises the main trends in responses to the consultation. There were 481 responses to the consultation: half came from individuals or families, and half from organisations or groups. Most responses from individuals were from service users or family members and carers.

The purpose of this guidance is to secure the implementation of the Adult Autism Strategy “Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives: The Strategy for Adults with Autism in England” 2010 as updated by Think Autism (2014) by giving guidance to Local Authorities, NHS Foundation Trusts and NHS bodies. The guidance focuses on the areas which section 2 of the Autism Act 20097 requires to be addressed, in each case identifying what Local Authorities, Foundation Trusts and NHS bodies are already under a duty to do under legislation, what they are expected to do under other existing guidance, and what they sh

Summary of a consultation document setting out the Government's quality strategy for social services, focusing on what users want and on joint working with health and other services. Section one outlines the modernisation proposals.

A toolkit to help dementia groups and networks gather views and facilitate discussions with people with dementia and their carers as part of the Dementia 2020 Citizens' Engagement Programme. It has been developed to help gather the views of people with dementia and their carers on progress of the implementation of the Department of Health’s Dementia 2020 Challenge, and on how the changes are affecting them.

The Carers in the Region profiles have been commissioned by the Department of Health to provide information about carers at the regional level for each of the 9 English regions. These profiles include data on the number and characteristics of carers in each region as well as information about carer health and well-being. This profile provides information covering the East Midlands region. In 2001 there were 433,912 carers in the East Midlands region, which is 11% of the region’s population.

The Income Taskforce considered how the strategy could include improvements to carers’ incomes in order to enhance the choices available to carers. The Taskforce considered a range of issues including benefits and tax credits, incomes in retirement and other non-social security financial support.

The Carers in the Region profiles have been commissioned by the Department of Health to provide information about carers at the regional level for each of the 9 English regions. These profiles include data on the number and characteristics of carers in each region as well as information about carer health and well-being. This profile provides information covering the South West region. In 2001 there were 492,451 carers in the South West region, which is 10% of the region’s population.

The Carers in the Region profiles have been commissioned by the Department of Health to provide information about carers at the regional level for each of the 9 English regions. These profiles include data on the number and characteristics of carers in each region as well as information about carer health and well-being. This profile provides information covering the Yorkshire and the Humber region. In 2001 there were 516,546 carers in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, which is 11% of the region’s population.

This good practice guidance is issued every year along with monies to enable councils to support carers. Precisely how they do this is monitored by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.