This publication is intended for senior managers and members of health and local authorities who are grappling with the challenges posed by the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning disabilities. Its subject is the ways in which public authorities can stimulate large scale change in ...
The phasing in of the National Health Service reforms over two years from April 1991 to 1993 has a number of implications. The uncertain climate which has long surrounded community care will be protracted, and financial pressures will increase as the demand driven social security budget continues to rise. The ...
This report concerns the implementation of assessment and care management within 11 local authority social services departments in England in 1990 and 1991. Assessment and care management are critical elements of the current programme to reform the delivery of services for people with disabilities which was established in the white ...
This document reports an experiment in consultation between users and informal carers and presents an alternative model for consideration by local and health authorities, and by users and carers themselves.
The report is the first of three staged reports to be issued in connection with this project. It is a consultative document intended to open debate on the development of a core assessment procedure for community care.
This document is the latest in the `An Ordinary Life' series and follows on from `Facing the Challenge' and `Evaluating the Challenges', giving practical examples of services around the country for people with challenging behaviour. As well as describing the services it looks at key issues of : management and ...
This publication consists of the agenda and supporting material produced for this seminar. The items discussed included: good and bad news on Living Options and support services; strengths, weaknesses and gaps in local services; community support systems; implementation challenges; and key provisions of the NHS and Community Care Act.