DoH trials devolved care services commissing

It is also targeting increased use of direct payments to patients and their families by proposing tougher legislation to ensure councils alert people to this service. The move is part of a larger overall project that the government hopes will result in all those requiring care becoming responsible for commissioning their own services, something which has raised concerns. The Department of Health (DoH) believes these measures will give frontline social care workers more flexibility to work with the people they support and their carers to improve their outcomes. Meanwhile, the new le...