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| Implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 430, April 2000 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, April 2000 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | JRF, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. |
| Keywords | Community care ; Social security benefits ; Local Authority ; Projects. |
| Annotation | Implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act has created new responsibilities for both local authorities and people receiving direct payments. While Department of Health (DoH) guidance is available, many of the detailed aspects of managing direct payment schemes will be left to the discretion of individual authorities. This project (carried out jointly by the Policy Studies Institute, and the National Centre for Independent Living) sought to fill gaps in knowledge and understanding about the management of direct payments by developing - in partnership with local authorities and user organisations - a practice guide highlighting the priorities. The project included a national survey of local authority practice and consultations with those using and running schemes. The practice guide, "Direct routes to independence: a guide to local authority implementation of direct payments" was published by PSI and NCIL in 1999. PSI hass also published three supplementary reports: Local authority implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments Act: first findings" (1997); "Key issues for local authority implementation of direct payments" (1998); and "Implementing direct payments: findings and policy issues" (2000). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000417204 P |
| Classmark | PA: JH: PE: 3E |
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