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<p>To help understand the needs of local authorities and support them and their partners
in delivering the Care Act, together with local government we are have agreed approaches
to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- implementation assurance: to monitor progress
with preparations for delivery, including the required actions of all organisations
across the whole programme;</p><p> </p><p>- implementation support: identifying requirements
for support with implementation, including specific support materials and more bespoke
advice and consultancy; and</p><p> </p><p>- benefits realisation and evaluation: to
track that changes to the care and support system are being embedding into practice
and delivering what was intended.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National stocktake
surveys led by the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult
Social Service provide an overview of readiness, delivery confidence and key issues,
supported by follow-up discussions and analysis to validate results.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also agreed with the Association of Directors of
Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association a process for the ongoing
monitoring of specified demand data in all local authorities from 1 April 2015, based
on the areas of most significant risk as identified by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Over the past year, the national statutory local authority data returns
collected by the Health and Social Care Information Centre have all been assessed
to ensure that they collect the information required on the Care Act. Consultations
were carried out during Summer 2014 and subsequent amendments were disseminated to
local authorities for the collections from 1 April 2015 onwards.</p><p> </p>
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