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Volume 6 Issue 2
Features
Government proposals for funding
Just in time for reading over the Christmas break the Government delivered The Health and Social Care Bill detailing the proposals on funding long term care as part of the NHS Plan. The proposals fall short of the Royal Commission's main recommendations that included free personal and nursing care for all.
IN PRACTICE: Casenote:Arthur MacGregor v South Lanarkshire Council
This case involved a 90-year-old seeking judicial review of a decision of the South Lanarkshire Council. That was as regards delay in providing him with a suitable place in a care home. This time, unlike in the case of Yule (on the subject of liability to pay for care), that particular local authority came off worst. The impact may well be felt both north and south of the border, quite apart from by the other 199 people on South Lanarkshire Council's waiting list. 106 of those were 'bed-blocking' in hospital.
Negotiating with Health Authorities and Local Authorities: Does this achieve any change?
Legal Considerations
Negotiating with both the SSD and the Health Authority brings into play skills which may not be familiar to practitioners but which are important to consider as to whether to use ADR or when the alternative - litigation may be necessary. However litigation should be the last recourse unless it is quite clear that there is to be no negotiation or the actions of either body are so unreasonable to warrant such action. Negotiation is the key to getting a better package of care.
PTO - PGO: What difference does a name make?
It has just been announced that the Public Trust Office will indeed cease to exist on 31 March 2001 but that services for people without capacity will arise phoenix-like on 1 April as the Public Guardianship Office. The PTO will become the PGO - the T is exchanged for a G ... Given the history of the PTO there will be many who question the difference that the change of a word will make. After all, we know that the staff will be the same and indeed the office will still be at Stewart House for some time.
The family home
A three-part analysis by Emma Chamberlain, Ralph Ray and Caroline Bielanska
Welfare benefits: update
There have been a number of recent changes, brought about both by Commissioners' rulings and by legislative changes, as well as announcements of forthcoming changes which will (mostly) come into effect next April. This article brings together some of the principal changes.
Locating Beneficiaries
In this article I wish to touch upon a few points which may help you persuade a reluctant client to focus their mind on drawing up a will. These are presented from the point of view of a professional in a different field, that of probate genealogy. One of the services provided by Title Research is the identifying and locating of heirs at law under intestacy. The perspective and the insights gained from dealing on a daily basis with some of the practical problems caused by intestacy may perhaps lend weight to the message, which all legal advisers endeavour to get across to their clients.
