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Legislation and publications

  • Last modified date:
    8 February 2007
  • Series number:
    Cm 5645

The Community Care Act 2003 legislation and related publications.

Delayed Discharge

Building Care Capacity Grant

Brief Summary

This grant of £300m was announced on 9 October 2001. £100m was available up to March 2002 and a further £200m for 2002/03. The Secretary of State withheld a total of £19m from the £300m to centrally fund the setting up and operation of a Change Agents team.

The use of this grant is to reduce delays in discharging people from hospital and to enable local authority community care services, including housing partners, to work with local NHS partners to reduce the number of delays where people are awaiting a transfer of care from hospital to community and require community care facilities or support in the community.

GRANT 2002/2003

February 2003 Reports

Each local authority listed in part 2 of Annex A (hotspots) of the Determination under Section 93 of the local Government Act 2000 of the Building Care Capacity Grant for 2002/03, shall on or before 1 February, provide to the Secretary of State

  1. A report which shall set out how the authority has implemented the principles and practices set out in "Building Capacity and Partnership in Care - an agreement between the statutory and independent social care, health care and housing sectors.
  2. A report on the matters considered on the use of the Health Act Flexibilities and Care Trust Arrangements for commissioning and providing services and the conclusions reached.

Please see paragraph 5 of Conditions for the Special Grant below

Download pro forma - see below

The completed report should be sent to the relevant Business Link Inspector

May 2003 Reports

Each local authority listed in Part 1 of Annex A of the Determination under Section 93 of the local Government Act 2000 of the Building Care Capacity Grant for 2002/03, shall on or before 31 May 2003, provide to the Secretary of State a written report on the range and extent of community care services provided by the authority from grant monies and the reduction in delayed discharges which has been achieved.

Download pro forma - see below

Please see paragraph 6 of Conditions for the Special grant below

The completed report should be sent to the relevant Business Link Inspector.

Audit Certificate for 2002/03

Download certificate - see below

This should be completed and certified by the Authority's Chief Finance Officer by 30 September 2003 and then by an auditor by appointed by the Audit Commission. The certificate to be received by the Secretary of State duly certified by 31 December 2003.

Documents for reference

  • Determination under Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000 of the Building Care Capacity Grant for 2002/03.
  • Final allocations for 2002/03
  • Conditions for the Special Grant (Determination under Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000: Annex B)

Links

Local Authority Circular - LAC(2001)34 Guidance on Grant for Building Care Capacity 2001/02. (see below)

Legislation

Act:

  • Click on the link below to Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act 2003 - an overview
  • Click on the link below to view the Text of the act, on the HMSO website
  • Click on the link below to view the Explanatory notes about the act, on the HMSO website

Part 1 - reimbursement

  • Click on the link below to view the Delayed Discharges (England) Regulations 2003, on the HMSO website - final published version
  • Click on the link below to view the list of Councils liable to pay reimbursement at higher rate (£120)
  • Click on the link below to view the Delayed Discharges (Mental Health Care) (England) Order 2003, on the HMSO website - final published version
  • Click on the link below to view the Cross-border arrangements for England and Wales page
  • Click on the link below to download the Reimbursement and the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act: how reimbursement applies to non-British nationals document

Part 2 - intermediate care and community equipment

  • Click on the link below to view the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act (Qualifying Services) (England) Regulations 2003, on the HMSO website
  • Click on the link below to download the LAC(2003)14 Changes to Local Authorities Charging Regime for Community Equipment and Intermediate Care Services document

Additional links

Integrated Care Network (ICN)

The ICN aims to help frontline organisations to work together to deliver flexible services that help people to remain in control and live independent lives. If you work with services in the health, local government or independent sectors then this website is for you.

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