Amendments

In January 2025, an amendment was made to Section 3, Local Joint Package of Care Arrangements to clarify that the Care and Support Statutory Guidance requires the Local Authority and ICB to agree a local dispute resolution process to resolve any disputes regarding the apportionment of funding in joint funded care and support packages.  

In January 2025, Section 8, Good Information and Advice and Prevention was updated to include information about carers leave.

In January 2025, amendments were made to Section 2, An Introduction to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding and Section 5, Providing Information and Advice about NHS Continuing Healthcare. This included adding information about PUPoC (Previously unassessed periods of care).

In January 2025, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In January 2025, Section 1, Maintaining Confidentiality about a Person or Carer was amended to clarify that the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR do not prevent the sharing of information for safeguarding purposes.

In January 2025, Section 9, Good Information and Advice and Prevention was updated to include information about carers leave.

In January 2025, Section 7, Out of Area Services was updated to clarify that Extra Care Housing is classified as specified accommodation.

In January 2025, text improvements were made to this chapter. This included adding information about the Right Care Right Person guidance used by the police and the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

In January 2025, information was added to Section 2, Notifying Others about notifications that may need to be made when a person/carer dies, including the requirement that local authorities should notify Ofsted of the death of any care leaver under the age of 25, where it is aware of their care leaver status.

In January 2025, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In January 2025, Section 4, Understanding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was updated to provide additional clarity about continuous supervision, free to leave and state imputability. In Section 5, Receiving a Standard Authorisation Request, a ‘need to know’ box was added with information about responding to requests from an eligible person.

In January 2025, this chapter has been updated following a full tri.x legal review.

In January 2025, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In January 2025, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’. Section 9, Good Information and Advice and Prevention was updated to include information about carers leave.

In January 2025, Section 3, Principles of Good Recording was updated to include links to resources that support anti-discriminatory recording.

In January 2025, the SCIE End of Life Hub was removed from Section 7, Good Practice Guidance for End of Life as it is no longer available. It was replaced with BASW guidance: The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care. In addition, The Skills for Care Common Core Principles and Competencies in Section 7, Good Practice Guidance for End of Life Care was removed and replaced with The Universal Principles for Advance Care Planning.

In January 2025, information about Sibstar was added to Section 2, Identifying Support Needs. Information about fixed costs and Deputy renumeration was updated in Section 5, Exploring all Available Options.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5.4, Preparing the Parent Carer for Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Carrying Out an Assessment'.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 4.5, Preparing the Person/Carer for Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Carrying Out an Assessment'.

In July 2024, this chapter was updated with some minor amendments.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to reflect changes made to the Financial Assessment Procedure.

In July 2024, Approved Mental Capacity Professionals were removed from the list of individuals that can apply for a Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5.4, Preparing the young carer for Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Carrying Out an Assessment'.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 3, The Purpose of any Assessment. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'The Purpose of Assessment'.

In July 2024, information about the Probation Finder was added into Section 2, Information about Prisons and Approved Premises.

In July 2024, minor text amendments were made to Section 3, Failure of a Regulated Provider. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Commissioning Responsibilities under the Care Act'.

In July 2024, information to clarify that the Court of Protection can also revoke a Deputyship or Lasting Power of Attorney was added into Section 4, Concerns About an Appointee, Deputy or Donee and Section 5, Exploring All Available Options. Further information regarding notifications was also added into Section 6, Making a Property and Affairs Deputyship Application.

In July 2024, minor text amendments were made to Section 2, National Eligibility Criteria for People with Care and Support Needs. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'The National Eligibility Criteria'. In addition, information from the Care and Support statutory guidance about establishing whether the person's needs arise from a physical or mental impairment or illness was included.

Section 7, Out of Area Services was updated in July 2024 to reflect amends made previously to Ordinary Residence chapters following a legal review.

In July 2024, twitter was changed to X (formerly twitter).

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Young Person. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Carrying Out an Assessment'.

In July 2024, this chapter was replaced with an updated version following a full review. This new version reflects feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section 'Direct Payments'.

In July 2024, text amendments were made to Section 4.5, Preparing the Person/Carer for Review. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter 'Carrying Out an Assessment'.

In July 2024, a scope box was added to the top of this chapter, alerting and signposting practitioners to the statutory guidance issued in January 2024: Discharge from mental health inpatient settings. The chapter also had a full legal review and additional information was added into Section 5, Aftercare Planning and Assessment around support to claim benefits in line with the findings of the ombudsman decision NHS Devon ICB (22 008 927b).