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HSC 2001/017: Guidance on free nursing care in nursing homes
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Document type:Health Service Circular
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:25 September 2001
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Series number:HSC 2001/017
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Pages:32
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Copyright holder:Crown
This circular advises on: the NHS's responsibilities for arranging care by a registered nurse for some people in nursing homes from 1 October 2001; the arrangements for transferring responsibility from councils to the NHS from 1 April 2003 for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents; and the arrangements for the care by a registered nurse of nursing home residents with preserved rights to higher rates of income support, whose residential care management and nursing care will be transferred to councils from 8 April 2002 and whose nursing care will become an NHS responsibility from 1 April 2003.
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