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NHS responsibilities for meeting continuing health care needs
 — a framework for action
Corporate AuthorRedbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority
PublisherRedbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority, Redbridge, 1996
Pages29 pp
KeywordsNational Health Service ; Services ; Long term ; Community care ; Policy ; Redbridge ; Waltham Forest.
AnnotationThis document sets out the policy framework, assessment of health needs, eligibility criteria, and monitoring arrangements for continuing care in Redbridge and Waltham Forest, following consultation in response to NHS Executive Health service guidance HSG(95)8. Specifically, it sets out how those with long term illness or disability, with dementia, or suffering mental illness may access the following services: in-patient continuing care (hospital, nursing or residential home); community health services; rehabilitation and recovery; respite care; palliative care; and specialist transport. It describes the national and local policy context in which these services have been developed, and outlines the Health Authority's plans for expenditure on continuing health care services. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-971112229 B
ClassmarkL4: I: 4Q: PA: QAD: 82LR: 82LW

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