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How personalisation stretches the law on adult social care
— [personalisation agenda] | | Author(s) | Ed Mitchell |
| Journal title | Community Care, issue 1744, 23 October 2008 |
| Pages | p 33 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Services ; Community care ; Finance [care] ; Law. |
| Annotation | This short article cites four areas of policy and practice that demonstrate how the drive to personalise services has exposed tensions between old and new social care legislation. First, direct payments are currently constrained by the Health and Social Care Act 2001, section 51 - that is, until an amendment in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 comes into force. Second, on individual budgets (IBs): a client who decides not to take all or part of an IB as a direct payment is currently unable to decide how this can be spent. Third, on self-assessment, the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 requires the local authority to assess a person's need for community care services. Lastly, on preventive services, the Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) eligibility criteria has been diverted away from preventive services in many areas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081117206 A |
| Classmark | I: PA: QC: VR |
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