tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post8878703370729644839..comments2023-08-10T15:02:51.259+01:00Comments on The Small Places: Relaaaaaaax, just have (blind) faith in your RASLucy Serieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-17230247919614791572012-05-14T13:15:21.311+01:002012-05-14T13:15:21.311+01:00Great work! I think part of the problem for Local ...Great work! I think part of the problem for Local Authorities is the geographical variation in expenditure between authorities on people in different care groups. These discrepancies have often been justified by variations in patterns of local need and services provision, but in my opinion historical accident and 'cost-shunting' between the NHS, local authorities and other sectors (housing, voluntary etc.) has left very uneven spending. For years social care budgets sat in different pots (e.g. with LAs as junior partners in pooled budget arrangements with NHS under Section 75 of the NHS Act 2006), with different reporting systems, different standards and different public expectations. These differences didn't show up with Direct Payments - there simply weren't enough of them - but now we are approaching 100% of adult social care users being given an indicative budget the situation would be very different. If local authorities were forced to disclose what they are funding and why, they could face extensive lobbying and legal challenge both from organisations representing different care groups, and also by voters upset by the 'postcode lottery'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-56721882563997657782012-04-27T12:40:03.140+01:002012-04-27T12:40:03.140+01:00FACE's public face can be found at http://www....FACE's public face can be found at http://www.face.eu.com/our-products/resource-allocation-system/<br /><br />Incorporated 1993. Privated limited company with share capital. The company's 2010 accounts state it was exempted from audit under s477 Companies Act 2006 and there appear to be 5 outstanding mortgages, 4 of which were registered to shareholders in February 2012. Net assets and net worth were a negative value for 2011.<br /><br />Face customers can be found at http://www.face.eu.com/our-customers/face-users/<br /><br />Hackney is not listed as of today's date.Anna Ellisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-53271288989489971162012-04-10T01:25:36.883+01:002012-04-10T01:25:36.883+01:00This explains a lot. Since 2006 I've noticed d...This explains a lot. Since 2006 I've noticed discrepancies in the allocation of budgets for some of the guys I support. It's time I found out how to submit a FOI to my LA.Carl Spaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283818415826517102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-68126076649281201292012-04-02T18:22:23.212+01:002012-04-02T18:22:23.212+01:00This beggars belief. I received the publicity abou...This beggars belief. I received the publicity about Hillingdon's new personal budget scheme a couple of weeks ago but the one important thing missing in all the literature was the mechanism by which the RAS converts the need into the personal budget. Lots of stuff about choice, flexibility, independence, fairness and transparency but the most crucial detail omitted.Mark Nearynoreply@blogger.com