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The NHS plan : the Government's response to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care
— presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | HMSO, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 30 pp (Cm 4818-II) |
| Source | The Stationery Office, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. Also available in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Bengali, Chinese, Vietnamese, Greek, Turkish, Somali, and Arabic; and as English audio cassette tape, braille and large print from:
Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. Internet: www.nhs.uk/nhsplan |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | Responses to the Royal Commission's 24 recommendations are provided as a summary table, and in detail in a appendix. Throughout, the reader is referred to other documentation: legislation (the Health Act 1999 and the Care Standards Act 2000); the main volume of "The NHS plan: a plan for investment, a plan for reform" (Cm 4818-I); the Spending Review; and other items yet to be published (e.g. "Quality strategy for social care", August 2000). A new tier of services, "intermediate care" is to be introduced, to help people remain independent at home after and even during periods of acute illness. The report discusses: how free nursing care is to be provided; paying for residential care and for services at home; entitlement to state benefits while in long term care (including Income Support "preserved rights" and the Residential Allowance); and the availability of private investment and insurance products. An implementation timetable indicates that, by April 2001, statutory guidance on home care charges will be issued, and changes to residential charging rules will come into effect. Free nursing care extended to all settings will come into effect in October 2001. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000814202 B |
| Classmark | L: I: P: 4Q: QC: KW: LHB: 6OA |
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