Care and Support White Paper and draft Care and Support Bill

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

The Care and Support White Paper and draft Care and Support Bill have now been published. These set out how social care will be transformed, from a service that reacts to crises, to one that is built around people’s needs and focuses on wellbeing and prevention. The draft Care and Support Bill provides the legal framework to make the Government’s plans a reality, and will fundamentally reform the legislation which underpins social care. Alongside these documents, the Government has also published a progress report on social care funding.

Draft Care and Support Bill open for online comments

The Department of Health is inviting online comments on the draft Care and Support Bill. You can comment on each clause of the Bill and answer questions. Your views will feed directly into the process of parliamentary scrutiny and will be used to assist and challenge the government in considering how to improve the proposals in the draft Bill. You can post comments until 19 October 2012.For further information, go to: http://careandsupportbill.dh.gov.uk/home/

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