Care Standards

From 3 November 2008 the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal decides care standards appeals:

on appeal from the Health and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal (formerly the Care Standards Tribunal) in cases about registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies, social workers/social care workers, childminders and child care providers, independent schools and appeals against a decision of the Secretary of State to bar someone from working with children or vulnerable adults
on appeal against decisions of the new Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) about who should be barred from working with children and vulnerable adults. Initially these will be appeals from people whose names have been transferred from the Protection of Children Act (PoCA) list or the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (PoVA) list to the new ISA Barred Lists. Although appeals go direct to the Upper Tribunal in these cases, administrative support will be provided by the Health and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal until October 2009.

You have to apply to the First-tier Tribunal judge for permission before you appeal to the Upper Tribunal.

Relevant legislation

Note:
From 3 November 2008 the new Upper Tribunal has taken over the work of the Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners. The Commissioners formerly handled appeals from tribunals that are now covered by the Social Entitlement Chamber, and the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. The Upper Tribunal also deals with appeals from the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.