A NEW watchdog is being launched to monitor health and social care in Staffordshire.
Staffordshire Residents Urged to Make New Year’s Resolution as Watchdog Prepares to Launch
A NEW watchdog is being launched to monitor health and social care in Staffordshire.
Healthwatch Staffordshire will investigate the views of patients and social care service users from April as part of national changes.
The new organisation will have statutory powers to enter providers’ premises to see at first hand how services are being delivered. Healthwatch Staffordshire will be able to recommend improvements and providers will have to respond to those recommendations.
The Government wants your views for the Draft Care and Support Bill
Draft Care and Support Bill forum
The Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill, chaired by Paul Burstow MP, is conducting pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Bill and has set up this web forum to hear the views of carers.
The Committee would like to hear about your experiences as a carer and what impact you think the Government’s proposed legislation might have on your own situation, either positive or negative. Your comments will help inform the recommendations the Committee makes to the Government in their report.
The draft Bill covers a number of areas relating to care and support but the Committee would particularly like to hear the views of carers on three key areas. This forum will close on 22 February.
Responsibilities of local authorities
The draft Bill proposes a ‘broader care and support role’ for local authorities. What impact do you think the proposed changes will have on the role of local authorities? Will the proposed changes help carers?
