Putting the cart before the horse
Resource allocation systems and community care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12284245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucy Series (0000-0003-0173-8165, a Department of Law , University of Exeter , Exeter , UK, corresponding author), LUKE CLEMENTS (b Cardiff Law School , Cardiff , UK) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-226 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Social Welfare Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-8033 • E-ISSN: 1469-9621 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09649069.2013.800288 |
| OpenAlex | W2006951024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 1 |
The English Care Bill provides for all eligible community care service users to have a personal budget – and councils were required to ensure that 70% of such users had one by April 2013. Almost all English authorities are experimenting with Resource Allocation Systems (RASs) as a way of calculating these budgets. This paper describes and critically analyses the nature of the RASs being used and the increasing body of case law they are attracting – in particular the Supreme Court's 2012 judgment in R (KM) Cambridgeshire County Council. The paper draws on research involving 20 local authorities concerning their use of RASs and represents the first in-depth legal examination of the claims made by proponents of the use of RASs. It challenges many of the claims made concerning such systems- in particular that they are ‘more transparent’, ‘more equitable’, ‘simpler’ and less discretionary than the traditional social work led community care assessment process
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| Citations per year | 0.69 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |