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require
that general practitioners or Primary Health Care teams identify
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certain patients who are carers
or who have a carer; to require identified carers |
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to be referred to sources
of advocacy, help and support; to require that carers’ |
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needs are taken into account
in relation to the allocation of appointments, |
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procedures for issuing prescriptions,
and waiting room arrangements; to |
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make provision for routinely
checking the physical and emotional health of |
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carers; and for connected
purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Health
promotion of carers |
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(1) |
In exercising their functions
Primary Care Trusts and Local Health Boards |
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promote and safeguard the
health and welfare of carers in England and |
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(b) |
ensure that effective procedures
exist to identify patients who are |
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(c) |
ensure that the primary medical
services rendered to their patients who |
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are carers include all necessary
and appropriate support and services |
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(i) |
taking the needs of carers
into account in relation to the |
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allocation of medical appointments,
procedures for issuing |
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prescriptions, and waiting
room arrangements; |
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(ii) |
giving advice, where appropriate,
to a patient who is a carer, in |
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particular about the significance
for the carer’s health of the |
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provision of care to a
disabled or chronically ill person; |
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(iii) |
offering to patients who
are carers consultations and, where |
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appropriate, physical examinations
for the purpose of |
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identifying, or reducing
the risk of disease or injury; |
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(iv) |
offering routine consultations
and, where appropriate, physical |
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examinations in accordance
with sub-paragraph (iii) to patients |
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who are carers whose health
is judged to be at risk because of |
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their caring responsibilities; |
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(v) |
arranging for the referral
of patients, as appropriate, for the |
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provision of any other
services under the National Health
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Service
Act 1977 (c. 49); and |
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giving advice, as appropriate,
to enable patients who are carers |
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to avail themselves of
services provided by a local social |
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services authority and
other local support, including advocacy. |
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(2) |
Regulations may be issued
in relation to subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c) to make |
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further provision for strategies
to be developed by Primary Care Trusts and |
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Local Health Boards to identify
and support patients who are carers. |
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Interpretation
and regulations |
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“carer” has
the meaning given in section 1 of the Carers
(Recognition and |
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Services)
Act 1995 (c. 12) and section 1 of the Carers
and Disabled |
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Children
Act 2000 (c. 16). |
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“primary medical
services” has the meaning given in section 16CC of the |
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National
Health Service Act 1977. |
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“local social services
authority” means a local authority having |
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responsibilities under the
Carers (Recognition and Services) Act
1995 |
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and the Carers
and Disabled Children Act 2000. |
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“regulations”
means regulations made by statutory instrument by the |
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Secretary of State (in relation
to England) or by the National Assembly |
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for Wales (in relation to
Wales). |
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(2) |
Regulations may make different
provision for different cases and may include |
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such supplementary, incidental,
consequential and transitional provisions and |
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savings as the Secretary
of State (or the National Assembly for Wales) thinks fit. |
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(3) |
A statutory instrument made
in accordance with this Act, other than an order |
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made under section 4(2),
is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution |
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of either House of Parliamemt. |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase
attributable to |
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this
Act in the sums payable out of money so provided by virtue of
any other Act. |
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Short
title, commencement and extent |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Identification and Support of Carers (Primary |
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(2) |
Apart from this section,
this Act comes into force on such days as may be |
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appointed by order made by
statutory instrument. |
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(3) |
An order under subsection
(2) is to be made— |
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in relation to England, by
the Secretary of State; and |
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in relation to Wales, by the
National Assembly for Wales. |
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(4) |
Different days may be appointed
for different provisions or for different |
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