CIPFA Adult Social Care Finance - 2009 Budget Issues, 10 December 2008, London
This one day course will include sessions on:

• Long-term funding
• The Local Authorities financial position for 2009/10
• What the Budget means for the Personalisation Agenda
• The Darzi Review
• The Charging Review
• Pooled Budgets

For more details or to book a place, visit the CIPFA Shop

New Panel response
Click here to read CIPFA's response to the Department of Health consultation on direct payments regulations.

Direct Payments and Individual Budgets: Managing the Finances
This practical new guide, supported by the Department of Health and in Control, addresses the emerging environment and provides some early advice to local authorities that wish to tackle the challenging financial issues involved in extending direct payments, or developing individual budgets or in Control schemes. It provides guidance on both direct payments and individual budgets and widely updates CIPFA’s Community Care Direct Payments: Accounting and Financial Management Guidelines.

This publication is available now from the CIPFA online shop.

Volunteers required
The Panel has vacancies from time to time. In particular, there are currently vacancies for a local authority social services finance practitioner and for one from Scotland. Expressions of interest should be submitted on the feedback page.

Newsletter
The latest edition of the Panel e-newsletter may be viewed from this site, click here. Please note that all editions are now published in electronic form and therefore if you wish to continue to receive a copy submit your e-mail address, unless already sent, to www.cipfa.org.uk/panels/social_care/feedback.cfm.