Amendments

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section 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.

Section 9, Out of Area Services was updated in May 2024 to reflect amendments made previously to Ordinary Residence chapters following a legal review.

In May 2024, minor text amendments were made to Section 3, Failure of a Regulated Provider. These amendments have been 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 May 2024, text amendments was made to Section 1, An Introduction to Continuity of Care Arrangements. These amendments were made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter Continuity of Care when a Person Moves.

In May 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the NHS Continuing Healthcare Procedure.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the 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 May 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to reflect changes made to the chapter Financial Assessment.

In May 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the NHS Continuing Healthcare Procedure.

In May 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Procedure.

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

Section 6, Making a Property and Affairs Deputyship Application was updated in May 2024 to include more information about notifications, and information about Carer’s Card accounts was added to Section 2, Identifying Support Needs.

In May 2024, a new section was added: Identifying Carers. In addition, a grammar error in Section 3, Receiving a Referral.

In May 2024, the government toolkit ‘Making Finance Decisions for Young People: Parent and Carer Toolkit’ was added to the list of tools to support the Transition Plan conversation.

In May 2024, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person. These amendments have been made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter Carrying Out an Assessment.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Review and Preparing the 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 May 2024, a link to the Section 117 Aftercare chapter on Ordinary Residence was added.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person. These amendments have been made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter Carrying Out an Assessment.

In May 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review. In addition to this, information about use of the ADASS Priority Tool for Deprivation of Liberty Requests was added to Section 5, Receiving a Standard Authorisation Request.

In May 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 ‘Charging and Assessing Financial Resources’.

In May 2024, minor text amendments were made to the section Applying the Eligibility Criteria. 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 May 2024, minor text amendments were made to the section Applying the Eligibility Criteria. 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 May 2024, this new chapter was added to the Universal Procedures section.

In May 2024, a link to the government guidance Asylum Support was added to Section 7, Providing Information and Advice. The Home Office Status, Verification, Enquiries and Checking service email was updated.

In May 2024, a scope box was added to top of this chapter, alerting and signposting practitioners to the statutory guidance issued in January 2024: Discharge from mental health inpatient settings. The chapter has also had a full legal review and additional information has been added in 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).

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Preparing for the 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 May 2024, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In May 2024, this new chapter was added to the Specialist Procedures section.

In May 2024, text amendments were made to the section 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Parent Carer. 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Review and Preparing the 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Young Carer. These amendmentss 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 May 2024, text amendments were made to the section Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Carer. 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 May 2024, minor text amendments were made to the section Applying the Eligibility Criteria. These amendments have been made to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter The National Eligibility Criteria.

Section 10, Advance Care Planning was refreshed in November 2023 to include information about the Universal Principles of Advance Care Planning.

In November 2023, this chapter was refreshed throughout and amended to reflect changes to the immigration status requirements for people from EEA countries. A link to 'Supporting Migrants Lacking Mental Capacity in Relation to Immigration Matters' was also added to Section 1, Using this Procedure and Further Guidance.

In November 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added into the 'Providing Information about a Carer' section.

In November 2023, the 'Ordinary Residence' section was reviewed and refreshed.

In November 2023, this new chapter was added into the 'Mental Health Teams' section.

In November 2023, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed. This included providing greater clarity on state imputability and adding two new sections: Section 15, Challenging an Authorisation using Section 21A and Section 16, The Future of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. At the same time, the Liberty Protection Safeguards chapter was deleted.

In November 2023, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed.

In November 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added into the 'Providing Information about a Person' section.

In November 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added into the 'Providing Information about a Person/Carer' section.

In November 2023, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed. This included adding clarity around state imputability, moving information about Best Interests into Section 6, Applying to the Court, adding information about the National Deprivation of Liberty Court. A new Section 8, Challenging a DoLS Authorisation using Section 21A was also added.

Section 3, Ordinary Residence was updated in November 2023 to reflect the Supreme Court judgement R (Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] UKSC 31. A link to the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults documents was also added into Section 9, Further Information.

In November 2023, information about the Caldicott Principles was added.

Section 5, Meeting the Urgent Needs of a Person who is not Ordinarily Resident was reviewed and refreshed in November 2023.

In November 2023, a new Section 2, Final Demand Guide was added. Updated in May 2023, the Final Demand Guide provides basic advice for health and social care workers, describing how they can practically help people with debt and mental health problems.