Amendments

2025

April 2025

End of Life Procedures and Practice Guidance	In April 2025, The Skills for Care Common Core Principles and Competencies in Section 7, Good Practice Guidance for End of Life Care was removed and replaced with The Universal Principles for Advance Care Planning. Information about The Victoria and Stuart Project end of life care planning toolkit was also added to Section 12, Learning Disability.
No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)	Section 11, Meeting Needs and Review was updated in April 2025 to include information about alternative temporary housing options that can be explored. Additionally, Section 13, People with NRPF who are Receiving After-Care under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 was refreshed and a link was added to the Section 117 Aftercare chapter.
Actions and Next Steps (Carers)	Section 4, Providing Information about a Carer was updated in April 2025 to reflect amendments made to the chapter Providing Information about a Person or Carer following a full tri.x legal review.
Care and Support Planning	Section 12, The Skilled Conversation: Risk and Contingency was updated in April 2025 to include transport arrangements in contingency planning.
Co-production	In April 2025, this new chapter was added to the Universal Procedures section.
Direct Payments	In April 2025, information about prepaid cards was added into Section 1, What is a Direct Payment.
Actions and Next Steps	In April 2025, this chapter was replaced with an updated version following a full review. The new version includes an update to Section 2, Providing Information about a Person or Carer to reflect amendments made to the chapter Providing Information about a Person or Carer following a full tri.x legal review.
Providing Information about a Person or Carer	In April 2025, this chapter was updated throughout following a full tri.x legal review.
Housing and Homelessness	In April 2025, this new chapter was added to the Specialist Procedures section.
Protecting Moveable Property	In April 2025, full tri.x review of the chapter, Protecting Moveable Property and Belongings was carried out. The chapter was renamed, and all content was updated. This included incorporating amendments made to the Care Act 2014 Resource chapter, Protecting Property of Adults being Cared for Away from Home following a recent full legal review.