Amendments

In October 2024, text amendments were made to the ‘The Purpose of any Assessment’ section. 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 October 2024, information was added to Section 2, Notifying Others about notifications that may need to be made when a person/carer dies, including the requirement that local authorities should notify Ofsted of the death of any care leaver under the age of 25, where it is aware of their care leaver status

In October 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 ‘Direct Payments’.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to the ‘Arranging the Assessment and Preparing the Person’ section. 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 October 2024, Approved Mental Capacity Professionals were removed from the list of individuals that can apply for a Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space.

In October 2024, this chapter was amended to reflect feedback received following a full tri.x legal review of the Care Act 2014 Resource section ‘Meeting Needs’.

In October 2024, text improvements were made to this chapter. This included adding information about the Right Care Right Person guidance used by the police and the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

In October 2024, the SCIE End of Life Hub was removed from Section 7, Good Practice Guidance for End of Life as it is no longer available. It was replaced with BASW guidance: The role of social workers in palliative, end of life and bereavement care.

In October 2024, information about fixed costs and Deputy renumeration was updated in Section 5, Exploring all Available Options.

In October 2024, information about the Probation Finder was added to Section 2, Information about Prisons and Approved Premises.

In October 2024, minor text amendments were made to the ‘Applying the Eligibility Criteria’ section. 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’.

Section 4, Understanding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was updated in October 2024 to provide additional clarity about continuous supervision, free to leave and state imputability. In Section 5, Receiving a Standard Authorisation Request, a ‘need to know’ box was added with information about responding to requests from an eligible person.

Section 3, What must be considered was updated in October 2024 to reflect other chapters in the manual.

In October 2024, minor text amendments were made to the ‘Applying the Eligibility Criteria’  section. 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’. Section 3, Applying the Eligibility Criteria was also updated to include information from the Care and Support statutory guidance about establishing whether the person's needs arise from a physical or mental impairment or illness.

Section 9, Out of Area Services was updated in October 2024 to clarify that Extra Care Housing is classified as specified accommodation reflect amendments made previously to Ordinary Residence chapters following a legal review.

In October 2024, this chapter was updated following a full tri.x legal review.

In October 2024, text amendments were made to Section 5, Arranging the Review 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 October 2024, a scope box has been 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). (tri.x link NHS Devon ICB (22 008 927b).

In October 2024, References to Twitter were changed to X (formerly twitter).

In April 2024, relevant text amendments were made throughout to reflect the feedback received following a full tri.x legal review.

In April 2024, minor text amendments were made to Section 3, Failure of a Regulated Provider. These amendments were 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 April 2024, text amendments were made to reflect changes made to the chapter ‘Financial Assessment’.

In April 2024, text amendments were 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 April 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 April 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 April 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 April 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.

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

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

In April 2024, a link to the Section 117 Aftercare chapter section on ordinary residence was added.

In April 2024, this chapter was reviewed and refreshed including the addition of several national resources.

In April 2024, a new Section 5, Identifying Carers was added.

In April 2024, the Home Office Status, Verification, Enquiries and Checking service email was updated. In addition, a link to the government guidance ‘Asylum support’ was added to Section 7, Providing Information and Advice.

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

In April 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 April 2024, this chapter was updated.

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

This chapter was replaced in April 2024 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 October 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.

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

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

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

In October 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 October 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 and adding a new Section 8, Challenging a DoLS Authorisation using Section 21A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In October 2023, this new chapter was added to the Community Mental Health Team and the Community Older Adult Mental Health Service sections.