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Responsibilities of local authority social services departments
— implications of recent legal judgments | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, 11th November 1997 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Local authority social services letter, LASSL (97)13) |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 410, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7LN. |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Local Authority Social Services Letters ; Social Services Departments ; Community care ; Care homes ; Law ; Rights [elderly]. |
| Annotation | This letter advises local authorities of the latest position following judgments in two judicial review cases. R v Gloucestershire County Council and the Secretary of State ex parte Barry (the "Gloucestershire Judgment") concerns local authorities' responsibilities under Section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (the CSDP Act) to arrange services for individual disabled people where they are satisfied that it is necessary to meet their needs. R v Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council ex parte Help the Aged and Others (the "Sefton Judgment") concerns needs assessments taking account of a person's capital of less than £16,000 in provision of residential care under Section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948. The letter refers to a Private Members Bill being introduced by Marsha Singh to amend the 1948 Act, clarifying the legislation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980826215 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: LASSL (97)13: PF: PA: KW: VR: IKR * |
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