Craig Ward , MSc BA(Hons) MBPsS CertCouns
Craig Ward, Baron of Lundie solicitor at Linley James Solicitors. He is also a writer and researcher. He has an MSc from King’s College London and a BA(Hons) in psychology. He is a member of the British Psychological Society, Solicitors for the Elderly and a visiting research fellow at King’s College London. He is a CEDR accredited mediator and conducts commercial and vulnerable adult mediations.
Craig is a regular speaker around the UK and internationally on mental capacity law, the Court of Protection, managing vulnerable adults, elder mediations, commercial incapacity law and legal compliance. He enjoys country walking, flute playing and scuba diving. He is currently researching decision making.
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PRACTICE NOTES
Care Act 2014 COVID-19 easements: adult social care assessments, Schedule 12 overview and grounds for challenge (31 March 2020 to 16 July 2021), England and Wales
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The local authority (LA) for a person’s place of ordinary residence carries out community care assessments for adults aged 18 or over. Once an LA becomes aware that someone may have needs requiring support, it has a duty to assess that individual.
Introduction of care and support needs assessment easements
To address pressures on care and support assessments during the coronavirus pandemic, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) was enacted. Four key elements provided that:
LAs were not required to carry out in-depth assessments of people’s care and support needs;
LAs did not need to undertake financial assessments under the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014);
LAs were not obliged to draw up or review care and support plans under CA 2014; and
LAs’ duties to meet eligible care and support needs, or carers’ needs, were replaced with a power to meet needs.
These measures applied from 31 March 2020 and lapsed on 16 July 2021 under The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/856. On 22 July 2021, the Care Act easements: Guidance for local authorities was withdrawn...
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PRACTICE NOTES
Local authority adult care and support needs assessments under the Care Act 2014: eligibility, process, planning, budgets, reviews and challenges (England)
Care and support needs or community care assessments
Care and support needs, also known as community care assessments, are undertaken by the local authority (LA) for adults aged 18 or over who are ordinarily resident in its area. An LA is obliged to assess as soon as it becomes aware, or is asked, that someone may have care and support needs which the LA should meet. The process is governed by section 9 of the Care Act 2014 (CA 2014), requiring the authority to decide: whether the adult has needs for care and support and, if so, what those needs consist of. Once the LA determines the person meets its eligibility criteria (see below), it must arrange or provide services to meet the assessed care and support needs. Since the CA 2014 took effect in April 2015, all LAs must follow the Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2015 (the Eligibility Regulations), SI 2015/313, as well as the Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, SI 2014/2827...
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