Global movement and displacement of persons has reached almost unprecedented levels. This briefing provides an overview of the rules governing immigration and asylum seeking here, a statistical overview of trends, and an overview of what is known of the local economic and social impacts of migration.
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care.
This report published by the Centre for Welfare Reform in association with Inclusive Neighbourhoods describes progress in the last three years of implementing local area coordination in the UK.
The Law Commission is consulting on proposed significant changes to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act. Proposals would cover people living in a wide range of settings and create a new role of Approved Mental Capacity Professional. Responses are sought by 2 November.
The Government has launched a consultation on a new cross-sector strategy for sport which aims to ensure public funding is better directed at organisations that can boost participation in sport as a means to improve people’s life outcomes. Local authorities have an important role to play as this briefing identifies.
The health, public health and social care round-up summarises new policy, research and publications that are relevant to elected members and officers interested in health and social care.
In order to help with the implementation of the new arrangements for assessing and providing for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilitities, the DfE funded a number of pathfinder programmes. This CSN briefings looks at the final report of the evaluations of the pathfinders.
Greater integration of health and social care has been a priority for some time, but progress can be slow. This Kings Fund report recommends a single local budget with a single commissioner to deliver integrated health and social care. Health and wellbeing boards ‘plus’ are an option for single commissioners.
Following local government representations the government decided to postpone implementation of some of the Care Act, notably the cap on contributions and the increase in the threshold. What are the implications and will the savings made by the delay be used as additional funding for social care?
With the Government’s latest figures showing a decline in the number of people participating in sport and a new sports strategy on the horizon, local authorities are under pressure to find new ways of delivering community sport and keeping facilities open, as this briefing explores.
