Definition
Care and support services that local council’s are not allowed to charge people for.
These include:
– information and advice
– assessments of need and care and support planning
– intermediate care, including reablement, which must be provided free of charge for up to 6 weeks
– community equipment – aid and minor adaptations that cost £1,000 or less
– any care and support provided to people with Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease
– after-care services and support provided under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
– any service or part of service which the NHS is under a duty to provide. This includes Continuing Healthcare and the NHS contribution to Registered Nursing Care.