1. The Care Act 2014 (overview) Lynne O’Brien Service Development Manager 16th September 2014

2. The Care Act  The Bill received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014  The draft regulations to support the Act were issued on 6 June 2014  Period of consultation through to 15 August 2014  The final regulations should be published in October 2014 to support the implementation of most of the new requirements in April 2015  Care accounts and the cap due for implementation in April 2016

3. Reform of Adult Social Care Part One:  Promoting individual wellbeing - not just about personal care needs  Right to support for family/informal carers  Focuses on preventing, delaying & reducing the need for care and support  Embeds choice & control through personal budgets and the use of direct payments

4. Reform of Adult Social Care Part Two: Care Standards – informed by Francis Report – Mid Staffs NHS Foundation Trust. (New regulation approach from Care Quality Commission) Part Three: relates to Health

5. Early intervention & prevention Local Authorities must  must have a clear approach and commissioning strategy  understand what is available and what’s needed to meet current and future needs  have specific preventative services for carers  provide information that is accessible to the whole population

6. It is clearer and fairer  A new deferred payments scheme so nobody has to sell their home to pay for care within their lifetime (from April 2015)  A single national threshold for eligibility – substantial (from April 2015)  A cap on care costs setting the maximum that people will pay for care (from April 2016)

7. It is clearer and fairer (cont’d)  Duty to provide information, advice and advocacy  Ensures continuity of care when people move between local authorities  Puts safeguarding adults on a statutory footing  Includes new protections if a provider organisations fails – goes out of business

8. The Care and Support Act