Guidance – Care Act 2014: Final statutory guidance for implementation

The Department of Health has published its final statutory guidance associated with the Care Act setting out how the Act will work in practice when the first phase of the reforms comes into effect next year.

These documents relate to the parts of the care and support reforms that come into effect in April 2015.

They were produced as a result of extensive consultation and consist of the department’s response to the consultation including proposed final regulations.