Wales
The Welsh Assembly is seeking responses to The Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children (Wales) Consultation 2012. The proposal is to place a statutory duty on Local Authorities in Wales to provide short breaks where necessary for disabled children. The College is seeking views...
January 2012
These Regulations proposed arrangements which will enable GPs to refer individuals to local primary mental health support services (including individuals who are not registered with them).
The Regulations also set out eligibility requirements for those who may...
February 2012
The new Housing Bill is a vitally important piece of legislation for occupational therapy service users and will affect future DFG and PAG and all adaptations and housing processes. Members were asked to give their views on the issues raised in this document...
December 2011
The College submitted evidence to this National Assembly for Wales’s Health and Social Care Committee inquiry and is grateful to members in Wales who contributed with their comments and views. We are particularly pleased that we have been able, in partnership with the...
March 2012
The draft Plan set out the Welsh Government’s vision for tackling cancer and its consequences; ambitions for what NHS services will look like by 2016; the themes for action up to 2016 through local cancer services delivery plans and how success will be...
Wales
Codes of Practice are essential documents as they form the statutory guidance for a piece of legislation that occupational therapists must follow. Departures from these Codes could give rise to legal challenge and scrutiny so it is key that OTs feel they are relevant, accurate...
Wales
Wales These Regulations propose arrangements which will enable GPs to refer individuals to local primary mental health support services (including individuals who are not registered with them). The Regulations also set out eligibility requirements for those who may undertake...
Wales
This consultation allows planning and development of new primary mental health services to be undertaken regionally, instead of each Local Health Boards (LHB) having to arrange services with each local authority in its area separately. Thus reducing bureaucracy and hopefully...
October 2011
COT responded to an invitation from the National Assembly for Wales’ Health and Social Care Committee to comment on the above terms of reference. The inquiry will be focused on residential care for older people.
September 2011
The Care Council for Wales is setting out ambitious proposals for the continuing education and learning of qualified social workers, linked to an exciting new career pathway: the Continuing Professional Education and Learning framework, or CPEL. The ideas in the CPEL...
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