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| Social care for deafblind children and adults | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, March 2001 |
| Pages | 13 pp (Local authority circular LAC (2001)8 |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/... |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Local Authority Circulars ; Deaf-blind ; Services. |
| Annotation | At least 40 people per 100,000 are deafblind; and many are not known to their local social services authority. This guidance is issued under Section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, and responds to concerns highlighted by the Department of Health (DH) deafblindness consultation exercise. It includes policy guidance. of relevance to all local authority social services staff, including those who provide services under contract. Further information on deafblindness is available on the DH website (see http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/Deliveringadult... for relevant links). (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-081007003 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: LAC(2001)8: BYD: I * |
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