Councils obliged to offer older people direct payments

Community Care Market News (News) April 2003New regulations requiring local authorities to offer direct payments in lieu of social services support come into force this month. Measures to extend the obligation on councils with social services responsibilities to offer direct payments to groups such as older people were announced by Health Secretary Alan Milburn last…

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