Practical Law

Ros Ashcroft, Associate at DAC Beachcroft LLP: A recent news story again reported the government’s view that local authorities should aim to cease being direct service providers, instead commissioning services from a wide range of specialist providers.  It was suggested that this is the route to more effective and efficient public services in a time … Continue reading The future shape of local authority commissioning →

The Care Bill 2013-14 aims to reform the law relating to care and support services for adults and carers. In Part one of her analysis of the Care Bill, Ros Ashcroft, Associate at DAC Beachcroft LLP, discussed the new duties in the Bill in the context of an increasingly difficult financial environment. In this second part, … Continue reading The Care Bill 2013: Tinkering round the edges of a bottomless pit? Part 2 →

As the Care Bill makes its way through the Parliamentary process it feels rather churlish not to give it a warm welcome.  Many of its provisions seem like timely and appropriate antidotes to recent difficulties in the health and social care sector: The headline duty to promote individual wellbeing; Additions to the safeguarding regime; Duties in … Continue reading The Care Bill 2013: Tinkering round the edges of a bottomless pit? Part 1 →