Policy

Here you will find any relevant government policy document to do with disability, social care, health care, housing, education and more from across the UK.
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Joint Future Group Report - making Community Care in Scotland
Document outlining work of the Joint Future Group, set up to review and make recommendations on improving community care in Scotland (including recommendations on funding options).
01 November 2000
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Government Response to the Health Select Committee's report into Mental Health services
The Government response to the Select Committee's Report, which makes a substantial and wide- ranging contribution to the debate on how to provide modern mental health services. Highlights efforts to ...
01 October 2000
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Easy Guide to Direct Payments
Link to download leaflets on Direct Payments (warning - large files to download!)
01 September 2000
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9th Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Social Services
Report by the Chief Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate highlighting the key issues which have arisen from the in-year monitoring of social services performance (1999-2000). In each chapter 'Good ...
26 July 2000
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Supporting People - Changes to Housing and Support Funding - NWTDT
In December 1998 the Government put out a consultation paper on how lower levels of support as opposed to care should be funded in the future. At the heart of the proposals is the ending of the use of...
01 June 2000
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Human Rights Act 1998 Consultation Paper
Link to Local Authority Circular that alerts authorities to the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA or the Act) on 2nd October 2000 and the need for Social Services to maintain best pr...
01 June 2000
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Review of Services for People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland
Link to 'The same as you? A review of services for people with learning disabilities' reviewing learning disability services in Scotland and recommending work to be done to improve things. (Modified i...
01 May 2000
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A Quality Strategy for Social Care - Executive Summary'
Report covering responses to the Consultation on the Quality Strategy. The strategy was thought to provide strategic vision and direction, as well as practical ideas. The wide-ranging messages about ...
20 April 2000
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Partnerships in Caring... Standards for Services
A review of palliative care services in northern Ireland
01 April 2000
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SSI Inspection Report of Services to Support Parents who are Disabled
This report (A Jigsaw of Services: Inspection of services to support disabled adults in their parenting role)
is based on inspections of arrangements for providing support to disabled adults in their ...
01 April 2000

