Dear Health and Social Care Information Centre,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information request.
I would like to obtain a copy of all the information returned by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) as part of the Information and Guidance on the Grant Funded Services collection (GFS1).
For each local authority I would like to have the information contained in columns A-P (as arranged in proforma V1.4). These are all the columns except the 'Comments'. Please also include the local authority code for each scheme.
Please provide this information for the most recent period available.
If there is a choice between a 'cleaned' and 'raw' set of the information I would prefer the former.
Ideally I would like this data provided in a single spreadsheet or database.
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PDF version Covers information on councils’ support of people in residential care, people provided care services in their own home, funding to voluntary organisations that provide support to vulnerable people and users’ experiences of the care they receive.
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The health and social care sector is changing, with increasing moves towards personalised provision – responding to individual needs and choices. Most people prefer to live independently in their own homes, and direct payments are a good way to sustain this. The Health White Paper 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say' sets out the government's aim to increase the take-up of direct payments and to pilot the introduction of personal budgets.
An personal budget is designed to provide service users with greater choice and control over their support arrangements. Two linked initiatives are tackling personalisation in social care.
The government is undertaking a two-year personal budgets pilot programme in 13 councils. 'In Control' is an initiative to help councils and their partners introduce self-directed support systems for the delivery of social care. The aim is to roll them out nationally should they prove successful.
The increasing personalisation of services will affect:
- assessment
- commissioning services
- developing the local market resource allocation systems
- the development of brokerage and advocacy services.
A recent study by the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics found 'substantial variation' between direct payment arrangements across councils.
'Putting people first' – this document is the concordat with the Local Government Association (LGA), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the NHS and others. It is a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care over a period of three years.
Report on direct payments across councils – on the London School of Economics and Political Science website.
Individual budgets guidance and policy – on the DH website.
Individual Budgets Pilot Programme website – on the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) website.
Transforming adult social care - a briefing for lead members – this briefing outlines the vision and aims of Putting People First, as well as its implications for lead members and council budgets. It is also useful reading for any councillor interested in the transformation agenda.
Transforming adult social care: access to information, advice and advocacy
A new review, co-produced by the IDeA, outlines the latest good practice on effecting change in adult social care services.
10 questions to ask if you are scrutinising the transformation of adult social care
The above is a scrutiny toolkit for adult services.
Scrutinising the Transformation of Adult Social Care: Practice Guide
This guide discusses key elements in the transformation programme.
Introduction
The current system for funding adult social care in England has been criticised as unfair, complex and financially unsustainable. There are significant local variations in who is eligible for what kinds of support and a host of complicated local and national rules that apply to the funding of different elements of social care services.
Increases in life expectancy, including among younger adults with physical and learning disabilities, mean that demand for these services is set to increase significantly in the coming decades, calling into doubt whether the current system can meet future need.
In autumn 2007, the government announced its intention to reform the current system, and a Green Paper containing options for a new system for funding adult social care and support will be published in 2009. This briefing sets out how adult social care is currently funded; outlines some of the main criticisms of the current arrangements; and describes the types of changes the government might consider for its reform.
Social care is funded differently in the four nations; this Briefing focuses on England only.
An overview of the performance of councils in England.
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London as a region has specific social care needs, costs and pressures and therefore requires social care funding that reflects all of these factors. Any extra social care burdens that are created for a new social care system must ensure London as a region is adequately funded so it is able to continue to deliver high quality social care services for Londoners.
London boroughs in recent years have been able to contend with the huge financial pressures in social care funding placed upon them because they have striven for excellence in efficiencies and balance in social care placements for residential and home care.
We are concerned about the future funding of social care in London because of the combination of the future financial climate and increased social care demands. We ask the government to consider London boroughs' situation carefully so that extra social care burdens have adequate and appropriate funding to avoid London boroughs facing extreme financial risks.
related documents
http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/HealthAndAdultServices/consultationsand...