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Modernising social services
— promoting independence, improving protection, raising standards; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | The Stationery Office - TSO, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 130 pp (Cm 4169) |
| Source | TSO, Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT. (Draft regulatory impact appraisal in Chapter 4: Barbara Erne, Room 625, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG.) |
| Keywords | Services ; Social Services Departments ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Inspection ; Personnel ; Training [welfare work] ; Standards of provision ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | This White Paper presents the Government's proposals for social services, in line with those for the NHS, improving public health, and reducing health inequalities. Chapters 2 and 3 set out priorities in services for adults and children. The rest of the White Paper concerns proposals affecting all social services. Chapter 4 describes radical changes to arrangements for protecting people through better regulation of care services, including: eight regional Commissions for Care Standards (CCCs) to carry out regulation of care services (including residential and nursing homes, and domiciliary care providers); more services covered by inspection; and stronger national standards (paragraph 4.50 refers to Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA - work on national standards for residential and nursing home care). Chapter 5 sets out proposals for improving standards in the workforce, and the creation of a General Social Care Council (GSCC). Chapter 6 explains proposals for a clearer relationship between social services and other agencies, while Chapter 7 sets out the new framework for raising standards and ensuring that every local authority provides good quality, best value social services delivering positive outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981201004 B |
| Classmark | I: PF: KW: LHB: Q3: 3U: QM: QW: 583: TM2: 6OA |
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