The implication of the National Framework (and it is a document written deliberately opaquely, in my view) is that the types of need (deficit, difficulty, problem, issue) that MUST be met are the areas of need that would be recognised as areas of eligible needs under the Care Act, and not otherwise.
This is not allowing for the discretion the State has as to HOW the needs should be met, however, and both the council and the ICB area allowed to take their financial resources into account, but not make them determinative.
This does not mean that they can take the resources of the individual into account, please note – not with regard to care planning, unless they are voluntarily offered and objectively ably offered.
