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| Adult social care | | Corporate Author | Law Commission |
| Publisher | 11 May 2011 |
| Pages | 211 pp (HC 941) |
| Source | Download report: http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/docs/lc326... |
| Keywords | Services ; Community care ; Social policy ; Law. |
| Annotation | The report sets out 76 recommendations for the reform of adult social care in England and Wales. These recommendations represent the most far-reaching reforms of adult social care law seen for over 60 years, since the passing of the National Assistance Act 1948. Under the new proposals, older people, disabled people, those with mental health problems and carers will, for the first time, be clear about their legal rights to care and support services. Local councils across England and Wales will also have clear and concise rules to govern when they must provide services. The Law Commission's review of adult social care law, first announced in 2008, led to the publication of a scoping report that year, followed by a consultation paper in February 2010 setting out provisional proposals for law reform. This final report marks the completion of the Commission's project on adult social care law. The report is divided into twelve parts. Parts 2 and 3 consider preliminary issues such as defining adult social care and the structure of reform. Parts 4 through to 8 set out core recommendations for how social care provision will be governed _ eg the role of statutory provisions and assessments in decision making, issues around carers' eligibility, the provision of services and local authority adult protection orders under the new scheme. Parts 10 to 12 consider other outstanding issues, eg. ordinary residence and portability and overlap issues in adult social care. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110512001 B |
| Classmark | I: PA: TM2: VR |
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