SOCIAL CARE

Common Assessment Framework for Adults Demonstrator Site Programme: overview of Phase 1 sites (20th May 2009)
Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced on 9 February 2009 that nine local authority led partnerships have been selected as phase 1 of the Common Assessment Framework for Adults (CAF) Demonstrator Site Programme.
Report

The new registration system for health and adult social care (15th May 2009)
From April 2010, a new system of regulation for health and adult social care in England comes into force for the NHS.

This will require all providers of certain health and adult social care activities to register with the Care Quality Commission in order to provide services.

The Department of Health is now consulting on the draft regulations. The draft, which is subject to parliamentary approval, will provide the detailed legal basis for the new system together with some associated policy proposals to support the registration framework.
Briefing

INFORMATION SHARING

ContactPoint (26th January 2009)

ContactPoint is an online directory enabling authorised staff to have access to demographic data on every child in the country. It will also give the name and address of any professional working with them. The database has been criticised by some children's campaigners and civil liberties groups but backed by others children's organisation and the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It is said that it will be a vital tool to help safeguard children, helping to ensure that the right agencies are involved at the right time and that children do not slip through the net.
Information

SOCIAL CARE

Common Assessment Framework for Adults - A consultation on proposals to improve information sharing around multidisciplinary assessment and care planning (18th December 2008)
Letter alerting recipients to the start of the consultation in January 2008, and inviting contributions through the online consultation facility or by attending one of the regional consultation events being held over the coming months.
Information