A press release from Ruth Marks, the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, giving her final verdict on the responses received from the bodies subject to the recommendations made following her ‘Dignified Care?’ Review is now available for download
This event will provide a forum for the sharing of good practice and innovative solutions to the financial challenges facing local government, the NHS, and third sector providers in delivering good quality information and advice services.
As a delegate you will have the opportunity to contribute, through group discussion and workshops, to a statutory guidance document issued by the Older People’s Commissioner, aimed at driving improvements and consolidating good practice.
This guidance will affect bodies in the public sector, and we are keen to involve delegates from local authorities, health services and the independent sector in devising it.
Date: 26 January 2012
Time: 10am – 4:30pm
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff
There is no fee for the conference. Lunch will be provided.
Today the Law Commission is publishing an analysis of the responses to its consultation on reforming adult social care law. The Commission is reviewing all of the law that enables services to be provided to older people, disabled people and those with mental health problems. The Commission has received 231 formal responses, as well as hearing directly from stakeholders at 72 specially staged events across England and Wales. The individuals and organisations who responded include disabled people, carers, lobby groups, local councils, social workers and the Government.Frances Patterson QC, the Public Law Commissioner responsible for the review, said: ”We have been struck by the widespread positive support for our adult social care project, and the strength of agreement we are seeing that this area of law must be reformed as a matter of priority. Many people have been keen to talk about the difficulties they are experiencing as a result of the complexities of the law, and how they have been confused by, or even completely unaware of, their basic legal entitlements.” The analysis shows overwhelming support for retaining a number of key legal rights in adult social care. There is also strong backing for maintaining duties to co-operate between social services and other agencies and for the proposal to introduce a duty to investigate in adult protection cases. Frances Patterson QC commented that: “We are endebted to everyone who has contributed to this consultation. In the light of what they have told us, we are looking again at our proposals, reinforcing some of our ideas and revising others. We are also reviewing our scheme as a whole to make sure it can accommodate policies such as personalisation, self-directed support, prevention and the universal services, while also maintaining the strong legal rights that were overwhelmingly supported by consultees.” The Law Commission’s final report on adult social care is due to be published in May 2011. The Government will review our recommendations with a view to introducing new legislation in 2012. The consultation ran from 24 February to 1 July 2010. The consultation paper and analysis of responses are available on the Law Commission website: www.lawcom.gov.uk . Steel House, 11 Tothill Street London, SW1H 9LJ
Telephone: 020 3334 0230 f: 020 3334 0201
Email: communications@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk
Ceri James (POVA Coordinator) and Liz Woods (Deputy Adult Protection Coordinator) have put together a visual flow chart on the POVA procedure which they are in the process of rolling out to all services. A copy is available to download. This should be printed in colour, laminated and placed in strategic locations to assist staff in ensuring they follow the correct procedure in the event of an alert or disclosure or abuse/neglect.
