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LAC (DH)(2008)1: Transforming social care
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Document type:Local authority circular
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:17 January 2008
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Primary audience:Chief executives
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Publication format:A4
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Gateway reference:9337
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Series number:LAC (DH) (2008) 1
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Pages:27
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Copyright holder:Crown
This Local Authority Circular sets out information to support the transformation of social care as signalled in the Department of Health's social care Green Paper, 'Independence, well-being and choice' (2005) and reinforced in the White Paper, 'Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services' in 2006. It describes the vision for development of a personalised approach to the delivery of adult social care and context in which this policy is grounded. It also includes copy of the Social Care Reform Grant Determination and the details of the new ring-fenced grant to help councils to redesign and reshape their systems over the next 3 years.
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