Policy Updates 13th June 2022
The following policy updates have been curated from the week commencing 13th June 2022.
Care England Updates re. Backdated payment principles for FNC
Please find below a letter from the DHSC relating to the repayment process for FNC for the period 2021-22. If you could cascade through your respective organisations to providers, it would be appreciated.
Updated Policy
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019: Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)
Legislation and guidance on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and the latest information on progress towards their implementation.
14 June 2022
Added link to 'Summary of LPS National Steering Group Meeting: May 2022'.
Found at: GOV.UK
Wider Stakeholder News
Changes to the MCA Code of Practice and implementation of the LPS - Supported Living and Extra Care
The final webinar being run by the CPA on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) Consultation, hosted by the CPA and our Mental Capacity & LPS expert, Rachel Griffiths, will focus on what the changes mean for Supported Living and Extra Care. The webinar will last an hour and will be held on Monday 20th June, 12:30pm.
Found at: The CPA
Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) – CPA/ DHSC webinar – hearing from the frontline in social care – Monday 27th June, 13:00-14:00
The Department for Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice has recently launched a public consultation on the proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Code of Practice, including guidance on the new LPS system, which will run for 16 weeks up until 7th July 2022. The DHSC are keen to hear from and engage with, a range of different people who interact with the LPS in order to understand whether the policy they have set out in the draft Code of Practice and regulations will help to create a system that works effectively.
Found at: The CPA
Care England News
Integrated care systems must do more to engage with adult social care, report says
Integrated care systems (ICSs) are not doing enough to engage with the adult social care (ASC) sector, according to a new report from Care England, the Homecare Association and the Good Governance Institute.
Future Care Capital
National Papers
Met Office issues heat alert warning for England
Temperatures could hit 30C or 34C in the south-east and 28C in north-west
The Guardian
Trade Papers
GMB to call on Labour to back £15 per hour wage for care workers
GMB boss Gary Smith is to call on Labour to back its campaign for a £15 an hour salary for care workers.
Care Home Professional
Concern carers will soon quit over fuel price increases
Fears are close to becoming a reality as home care providers anticipate losing their staff because they cannot afford to fill their cars due to rising fuel costs.
Home Care Insight
Managing data is a “safeguarding responsibility”
The deadline for completing the Data Security and Protection Toolkit for 2021/22 is 30 June 2022. Michelle Corrigan, programme director of the Better Security, Better Care programme answers home care services’ questions about the DSPT.
Home Care Insight