Charging for Equipment services

R & RK v Hertfordshire  UKUT 381 

Leave a Comment / Care Planning, Budgets and Choice Rights, Charging for Equipment services, Children and Families Act 2014 services, Chronically Sick and Disabled Person's Act 1970 services for children with disabilities, Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting, Deprivation of Liberty for young persons aged 16 or 17 in any setting, Equipment services, Regulation of settings intended for care and support of children, The legal framework for which agency is responsible for various types of equipment, The nature of the duty in light of adults' case law from the past, The range of services and facilities that must be provided to eligible children under the CSDPA 1970, The role of occupational therapist in adult social care and continuing nhs healthcare /

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6941882c2d5e7e8632537570/ua-2025-000169-hs.pdf Children’s therapies like occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy and speech and language therapy (SALT) can legally count as education in some situations and as health in others, and sometimes they are both at once. This matters because education duties are generally stronger and easier to enforce than health duties.   Why the label matters  What the Hertfordshire case said  What the judge decided  Final […]

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West Northamptonshire Council at fault for providing misleading and incorrect information about its care funding decisions and for wrongfully refusing a Deferred Payment Agreement

Leave a Comment / Assessment and Eligibility, Charging for Equipment services, Charging LGO, Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets, Direct Payments LGO, Eligibility Findings LGO, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE charging and financial assessment, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Councils' identification of needs and eligibility for funding or services, Intro to Ombudsman reports RE Direct Payments /

Decision Date: 10 Sep 2024 Summary The LGSCO found fault with West Northamptonshire Council’s failure to provide Mr C with the correct information about the charges and payments associated with the care of his parents-in-law. Further, the LGSCO found a procedural fault with the Council’s decision to refuse an application for a Deferred Payment Agreement

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What can be considered under community equipment (aids and adaptations) apart from hoists/stairlifts?

Leave a Comment / Care Planning, Budgets and Choice Rights, Care Planning, Cuts and Personal Budgets Q&As, Charging for Equipment services, Equipment services, Q&As on Care planning, Cuts, and Personal Budgets, The legal framework for which agency is responsible for various types of equipment /

The concept of community equipment is only defined in the following manner:  “community equipment (aids and minor adaptations)” means an aid, or a minor adaptation to property, for the purpose of assisting with nursing at home or aiding daily living”  so the answer is anything that one would normally call equipment which is directed to

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