Policy paper

Draft Care and Support Bill published

The draft Care and Support Bill has been published.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

the draft Care and Support Bill 

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Easy Read version of the Draft Care and Support Bill (PDF, 1878K)

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Equality Analysis – Establishing the Health Research Authority as a Non-Departmental Public Body

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Equality Analysis – Establishing Health Education England as a Non-Departmental Public Body (PDF, 97K)

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Reforming the law for adult care and support:the Government's response to Law Commission report 326 on adult social care (PDF, 821K)

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Details

It creates a single law for adult care and support, replacing more than a dozen different pieces of legislation. It provides the legal framework for putting into action some of the main principles of the White Paper, ‘Caring for our future: reforming care and support’, and also includes some health measures.

You can find out more about the changes to the care and support system, the White Paper and the draft Care and Support Bill on the Caring for our future website.

You can comment online on the draft bill, clause by clause, on the Draft Care and Support Bill site.

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Published 11 July 2012

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