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The Community Care Assessment Directions 2004

'the Act' means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
'community care services' has the same meaning as in section 46(3) of the Act;
'local authority' has the same meaning as in section 46(3) of the Act.

Manner and form of assessment of needs for community care services

2.--(1) In assessing the needs of a person under section 47(1) of the Act a local authority must comply with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) The local authority must consult the person, consider whether the person has any carers and, where they think it appropriate, consult those carers.

(3) The local authority must take all reasonable steps to reach agreement with the person and, where they think it appropriate, any carers of that person, on the community care services which they are considering providing to him to meet his needs.

(4) The local authority must provide information to the person and, where they think it appropriate, any carers of that person, about the amount of the payment (if any) which the person will be liable to make in respect of the community care services which they are considering providing to him.

Craig Muir, Member of the Senior Civil Service
Department of Health
26 August 2004

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

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• Covering circular: LAC (2004)24