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The Government's response to the recommendations and conclusions of the Health Select Committee's inquiry into elder abuse
— presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH; Health Committee, House of Commons - HoC |
| Publisher | TSO, London, June 2004 |
| Pages | 26 pp (Cm 6270) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN www.tso.co.uk/bookshop |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The Government responds in turn to each of the 40 recommendations made by the Health Committee in its report on elder abuse. The response points to policies relating to the Care Standards Act 2000 and its associated regulations and documentation, coupled with the role of organisations such as the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). There is disagreement with the Committee's views on tackling elder abuse: whereas "it is not usually appropriate for the Department of Health to provide direction on the content of nurse training", the response points to the role of the regulator, professional bodies and the like. With regard to death certification, reference is made to the Position Paper published by the Home Office in March 2004. The response notes that the Government is "actively considering how to raise awareness of abuse and to tackle it", but that a "conscious decision was taken not to cover policy matters in the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) that are dealt with in other policy documents". There are also comments on implementation of the Single Assessment Process (SAP), "No secrets", and the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040811002 B |
| Classmark | QNT: 6OA |
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