R (Luke Davey) v. Oxfordshire CC Court of Appeal 2017

People in Wales in receipt of the Independent Living Grant, the Welsh Government’s interim measure to soften the blow of the closure the Independent Living Fund (ILF) would have followed R (Luke Davey) v…

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Humanising Services & Building Communities (i.e.co-production –how the hell do you do it)

Jenny O’Hara Jakeway CEO of Credu-Connecting Carers In this thought provoking and challenging paper, Jenny O’Hara Jakeway examines the opportunities afforded by the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and…

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Adult Social Care Social Enterprises and the Foundational Economy in Wales

Professor Ian Rees Jones Director of  WISERD While population ageing, generational conflict and the crisis in social care appear to make regular newspaper headlines, it is striking that clear solutions to the…

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Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care In Wales – Interim Report

An interim report has been published by the Independent Review of Health and Social Care in Wales, which was set up by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport…

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Citizens Advice Cymru report on accessing and paying for social care in Wales

A 2017 report by the CAB has found that there is a general lack of awareness of how the social care system works in Wales and that people don’t know…

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The Autism (Wales) Bill

Paul Davies AM proposes to introduce a Private Members’ Bill – The Autism (Wales) Bill – having won the Assembly ballot for such Bills. The intention is that the legislation will ensure (among…

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