Advocacy

Why Advice is Unfundable in England – and why people are afraid that adult social care legal advice is ultimately withering on the vine

Advice in this country about adult social care is becoming literally unfundable. All the lawyers who understand community care law are holed up in one of two settings: local authority legal departments, or legal aid law firms, in the main, just doing Court of Protection stuff, not public law (with some honourable exceptions, of course). […]

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What are the legal dangers in an overly superficial assessment?

A superficial assessment might not sufficiently involve the adult (as required by s.9(5) Care Act) and regulation 3(1) (Assessment regs) which requires that: A local authority must carry out an assessment in a manner which— (a)      is appropriate and proportionate to the needs and circumstances of the individual to whom it relates; and (b)     ensures

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