Transcript Impact of new regulatory and commissioning changes (ppt, 806 KB)

Quality of life, independence,
dignity and safeguarding: will
they survive the new regulatory
and commissioning changes?
Jill Manthorpe
JDC June 2011
Where, after all,
do universal
human rights
begin? In small
places, close to
home…
Eleanor Roosevelt
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From Safety Net to Springboard EHRC 2009
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What the papers say
Birmingham council's plan to cut care for
disabled ruled unlawful
High court judge describes move as
potentially devastating and says cuts failed
to comply with the Disability Discrimination
Act
19 May 2011
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Rock and hard place
“The original dilemma between reducing
services in different areas remains. There
is no new money as a result of the
judgment, and hard choices about meeting
growing needs with fewer resources will
have to be made by local authorities”
Peter Hay, DASS, Birmingham
JDC June 2011
Safety pin
• ‘Social care departments
are some of the biggest
areas of discretionary
spend within a local
authority budget and as
the financial position
worsens, it is often to cuts
in social care that
councils turn to balance
their budgets’
• Martin Green Guardian
21 May 2011
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What hope for quality of life?
• Courts may have
something to offer
• Professionals’ roles in
advocacy and
signposting
• Careful
commissioning
• Opportunistic around
personal budgets
• Realism regulation
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Art of the (im)possible
‘Social workers may well
find themselves at the
forefront of implementing
a policy with potential for
considerable
improvements in people’s
lives in a context that
undermines its capacity
for success’.
Netten et al, forthcoming
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Safeguarding
• confused picture concerning the duties
and obligations of the various groups
involved in respecting, protecting and
promoting human rights.
• an increasing number of care transactions
are likely to take place at the margins of,
or even outside of, regulated care.
[email protected]
Home Care Inquiry web pages at
www.humanrights.com/homecareinquiry
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Care poverty…
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Seeking a definition
Multi-component
Multi-response
Dignity dilemma
New Stigma
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As dementia care professionals
– Financial literacy
– Map of support
– Legal links
– Case examples
– Personal Testimony
– Witness
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Take home thoughts
Thank you
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