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Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021
Statutory guidance to support local authorities implement the Care Act 2014.
Advice to Michael Driver CB, former SRO Borders Programme, Department for Health and Social Care & Acting Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice on business appointments after leaving Crown service
Statutory guidance for local authorities about family and friends providing care for children who cannot live with their parents.
Download the forms and guidance to make and register a lasting power of attorney (LPA).
Volume 3: statutory guidance for local authorities on helping care leavers aged 16 and 17 prepare for adulthood.
Statutory guidance about local authority support to children and families.
Code of practice on the effective prevention and control of infection by health service providers.
Apply for any order under the Act except care and supervision orders, Section 8 orders and enforcement of a child arrangements order.
This circular advises councils of the legal position on charging for re-ablement, the development of re-ablement services with the £70m allocation via the NHS in 2010/11 in support of post hospital discharge, and confirms that the Personal Care at Home Act will not be implemented.
The Skilled Worker route is for employers to recruit people to work in the UK, including in UK waters, in a specific job. A Skilled Worker must have a job offer in an eligible skilled occupation from a Home Office-approved s…
Application for a care or supervision order and other orders under Part 4 of the Children Act 1989 or an Emergency Protection Order under section 44 of the Children Act 1989. This replaces form C110.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Use this form to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) against a decision of a Fitness to Practise Panel under section 158 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.
Use this form to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) under section 104 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 against a decision of a registration appeals panel.
A consultation to gather views on the extension of the expiry date of the regulated activities regulations 2014.
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The functions of Clinical Commissioning Groups: Updated to reflect the final Health and Social Care Act 2012.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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