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Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill


 

Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, will be published

separately as Bill 4–EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Milburn has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the

Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill are

compatible with the Convention rights.

 
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Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill

 

 
 

Contents

Part 1

Delayed discharge payments

Preliminary

      1        Meaning of “NHS body” and “qualifying hospital patient”

Determination of need for community care services on discharge

      2        Notice of patient’s possible need for community care services

      3        Duties arising where a notice under section 2 is given

Delayed discharge payments

      4        Liability to make delayed discharge payments

Disputes

      5        Ordinary residence

      6        Dispute resolution

Supplemental

      7        Adjustments between social services authorities

      8        Regulations

      9        Interpretation

      10        Application of Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

      11        Power to extend the application of Part 1 to NHS patients in care homes

Part 2

Local authority community care services

      12        Free provision of certain community care services

      13        Consequential amendments

 
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Part 3

Supplementary

      14        Money

      15        Meaning of “the appropriate Minister” and “the Assembly”

      16        Short title, commencement and extent

 
 

 
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