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Fair access to care services
— guidance on eligibility criteria for adult social care |
| Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, May 2002 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Local authority circular, LAC (2002)13) |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. www.doh.uk/doh/coinh.htm |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Local Authority Circulars ; Community care ; Usage [services] ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This circular provides guidance to councils with social services responsibilities on how they may achieve fair access to care services through reviewing and revising their eligibility criteria for adult social care. The guidance includes a general update on assessment and care planning for adults seeking social care support, and reminds councils of their responsibility for reviewing care plans, including re-assessment of needs, at regular intervals. This and other items relating to 'Fair access to care services - guidance on eligibility criteria for adult social care' are available (at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/... (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020530215 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: LAC(2002)13: PA: QLD: IK: 4C * |
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