Archive of 2013

Cordis Pulse: December 2013

December 2013

• Update on Department for Communities and Local Government Troubled Families Programme
• Publication of guidance document on effective youth offending team governance the MOJ
• DoH publish state of the nation report on dementia care

Cordis Pulse: November 2013

November 2013

• Publication of the first social care annual report from Ofsted
• EHRC publis review of home care
• An independent review of NHS complaints
• Findsing from a survey of public perceptions of the NHS and social care.

Cordis Pulse: October 2013

October 2013

Publication of the Serious Case Review relating to the death of Daniel Pelka

• Articles written asking why recommendations and learning from serious case reviews is not implemented
• Updates on our work with LAs strengthening partnership working and outcomes-based assessment and planning.

Cordis Pulse: September 2013

September 2013

• Information released concerning how CCGs and Local Authorities will be able to access the full integration transformation fund
• Developments from Ofsted, the Department for Education and the Treasury concerning childcare.

Cordis Pulse: August 2013

August 2013

• "More Affordable Childcare" published by the DfE
• The government's response to the riots
• The DCLG's progress report on the neighbourhood community budget pilot programme.

Cordis Pulse: July 2013

July 2013

• An independent serious case review panel is announced
• Consultations on: child protection inspections, children's homes, children who go missing, and the safeguarding of looked after children
• The evaluation of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pathfinder programme
• Spending review announcements and implications for further integrating health and social care.

Cordis Pulse: June 2013

June 2013

• New legislation announced in the Queen's Speech including:

1. The Offender Rehabilitation Bill
2. The Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill
3. The Care Bill.

• The year one progress report on the Troubled Families Programme

Research on numbers of looked after children

May 2013

Cordis Bright was commissioned by the All Wales Heads of Children's Services, ADSS and WLGA to examine why local authorities with similar levels of need have different numbers of looked after children. The research report highlights five main aspects affecting rates of looked after children. These are:

• Strategy and leadership
• Prevention and early intervention
• Approach to practice
• Partnership working
• Information and intelligence on performance

Further information about the project is available here.

Cordis Pulse: May 2013

May 2013

New NICE quality standards announced on:

• the health and well-being of looked-after children and young people
• on supporting people to live well with dementia.

Cordis Pulse: April 2013

April 2013

The establishment of the What Works network
New Children Centre inspection framework published by Ofsted
YJB's new procedures for community safeguarding and public protection incidents
DoH's statutory guidance on JSNAs and Joint Health and Wellbeing strategies.