Standards for Social Care Services

The Care Quality Commission

All services provided by local authorities with social services responsibility operate to a set of minimum standards. These are set by the Department of Health and regularly monitored by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), please see Inspection of Adult Services

Key Legislation and Guidelines

Tameside Adult Services also must abide by certain Key Legislation (Acts).  All of the acts below can be found on the Office of Public Section Information webpage .

Adult Services

• Access to Justice Act 1999
• Care Standards Act 2000
• Carers (Equal Opportunities Act) 2004
• Carers and Disabled Children Act) 2000
• Children Act 1989
• Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
• Community Care Act 1990
• Data Protection Act 1984
• Delayed Discharges Act 2003
• Direct Payments Act 2001
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• Disabled Persons Act 1986
• Freedom of Information Act
• Human Rights Act 1998
• Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 1999
• Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2002
• Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2006
• Local Government and Health Public Involvement Act 2007 
• Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Mental Health Act 1983
• National Assistance Act 1948
• National Care Standards Act 2000
• NHS act 1977 and 1999
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
• Welfare Reform Act 2007

Key National Guidance

• Continuing Health Care  (NHS and LA responsibilities)
• Fair Access to Care Services
• Fairer Charging
• Independence, Well-being and Choice
• Information for Social care
• LAC (DH) (2009) 1 Transforming Adult Social Care
• Modernising Local Government - Strong Local Leadership - Quality Public Services
• Modernising Social Services - Promoting Independence, Improving Protection, Raising Standards
• No Secrets
• NSF Long Term Conditions
• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say 
• Planning and Priorities Framework
• PSA Delivery Agreement 16  
• PSA Delivery Agreement 17
• PSA Delivery Agreement 18
• PSA Delivery Agreement 19
• Putting People First 
• Risk Independence and Choice
• Supporting People
• Transforming Social Care
• Valuing People and Valuing People Now 

Local Policy Agenda

• Health Improvement and Health Inequalities Strategy 
• Local Area Agreement (LAA)
• Tameside Community Strategy 2009/2019