Topic: The wellbeing duty in the Care Act: what it means and does it make a difference?

At our Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations Legal Network meeting on the 18^th of May we discussed the wellbeing duty (section 1 of the Care Act 2014).  We also spoke about the rights Disabled people have at different stages of the process and the implications of the recent case of Davey v Oxfordshire County Council.  DDPOs highlighted some of the problems Disabled people experience with social care assessments, support planning, direct payments and charging and the lawyers commented on how the Care Act could be used to resolve some of those problems.

Resources from the meeting:

• Jamie Burton’s presentation (Power Point)
• Advice from Mitchell Woolf
• Video recordings of the meeting
• DDPO Legal Network Briefing: Responses to Questions on the Care Act 2014