The range of services and facilities that must be provided to eligible children under the CSDPA 1970

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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Bradford Metropolitan District Council & Further Education Funding Council, ex p Parkinson [1997] 2 FCR 67 (QBD)

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Section 2 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 – further education – learning disabilities – community care Any duty to make provision for a person over compulsory school leaving age, because of his learning difficulties, rested with the Further Education Funding Council and not the local authority. There was nothing in community care legislation

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Bexley London Borough Council, ex p B [1995] CL 3225( QBD)

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Duty to provide services – s2 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 – s17 Children Act 1989 If a local authority is satisfied that a disabled child needs a service of a kind that can be provided under s2 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, then the local authority is under a duty

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