Q&As on Advocacy, Involvement and Participation

People who receive NHS CHC are entitled to have their eligible health *and social care* needs met. The NHS CHC framework says this relates to all the Care Act 2014 criteria.

People who receive NHS CHC are entitled to have their eligible health *and personal and social care* needs met. It is true, as a matter of law, but the question of HOW that should be done, is for the ICB, and that is a matter of professional judgement, where they have a certain amount of […]

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Would a care act advocate bring a concern about a client’s rights to the MO only based on their own concerns for the treatment of a client or upon the request of that client?

The Care Act Advocate would do this (write a Report – that sort of a document is regarded in the Advocacy regulations as what the advocate SHOULD do) from their own perceptions and using their own initiative if the person lacked capacity and from the features of being the advocate if the person in question

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What is expected of a Receiver by the Court of Protection?

The Receiver’s new declaration includes the following undertakings to the Court, although an ability to say yes to all of the following does not necessarily mean that one is not able to be appointed a receiver: I will visit the client regularly and take an interest in their welfare. I will identify and provide for

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