Care Act 2014

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  1. Introductory Text
  2. PART 1 Care and support
    1. General responsibilities of local authorities
      1. 1.Promoting individual well-being
      2. 2.Preventing needs for care and support
      3. 3.Promoting integration of care and support with health services etc.
      4. 4.Providing information and advice
      5. 5.Promoting diversity and quality in provision of services
      6. 6.Co-operating generally
      7. 7.Co-operating in specific cases
      1. 8.How to meet needs
      1. 9.Assessment of an adult's needs for care and support
      2. 10.Assessment of a carer's needs for support
      3. 11.Refusal of assessment
      4. 12.Assessments under sections 9 and 10: further provision
      5. 13.The eligibility criteria
      1. 14.Power of local authority to charge
      2. 15.Cap on care costs
      3. 16.Cap on care costs: annual adjustment
      4. 17.Assessment of financial resources
      1. 18.Duty to meet needs for care and support
      2. 19.Power to meet needs for care and support
      3. 20.Duty and power to meet a carer's needs for support
      4. 21.Exception for persons subject to immigration control
      5. 22.Exception for provision of health services
      6. 23.Exception for provision of housing etc.
      1. 24.The steps for the local authority to take
      2. 25.Care and support plan, support plan
      3. 26.Personal budget
      4. 27.Review of care and support plan or of support plan
      5. 28.Independent personal budget
      6. 29.Care account
      7. 30.Cases where adult expresses preference for particular accommodation
      1. 31.Adults with capacity to request direct payments
      2. 32.Adults without capacity to request direct payments
      3. 33.Direct payments: further provision
      1. 34.Deferred payment agreements and loans
      2. 35.Deferred payment agreements and loans: further provision
      3. 36.Alternative financial arrangements
      1. 37.Notification, assessment, etc.
      2. 38.Case where assessments not complete on day of move
      1. 39.Where a person's ordinary residence is
      2. 40.Disputes about ordinary residence or continuity of care
      3. 41.Financial adjustments between local authorities
      1. 42.Enquiry by local authority
      2. 43.Safeguarding Adults Boards
      3. 44.Safeguarding adults reviews
      4. 45.Supply of information
      5. 46.Abolition of local authority's power to remove persons in need of care
      6. 47.Protecting property of adults being cared for away from home
      1. 48.Temporary duty on local authority
      2. 49.Section 48: cross-border cases
      3. 50.Temporary duty on local authority in Wales
      4. 51.Temporary duty on Health and Social Care trust in Northern Ireland
      5. 52.Sections 48 to 51: supplementary
      1. 53.Specifying criteria for application of market oversight regime
      2. 54.Determining whether criteria apply to care provider
      3. 55.Assessment of financial sustainability of care provider
      4. 56.Informing local authorities where failure of care provider likely
      5. 57.Sections 54 to 56: supplementary
      1. 58.Assessment of a child's needs for care and support
      2. 59.Child's needs assessment: requirements etc.
      3. 60.Assessment of a child's carer's needs for support
      4. 61.Child's carer's assessment: requirements etc.
      5. 62.Power to meet child's carer's needs for support
      6. 63.Assessment of a young carer's needs for support
      7. 64.Young carer's assessment: requirements etc.
      8. 65.Assessments under sections 58 to 64: further provision
      9. 66.Continuity of services under other legislation
      1. 67.Involvement in assessments, plans etc.
      2. 68.Safeguarding enquiries and reviews
      1. 69.Recovery of charges, interest etc.
      2. 70.Transfer of assets to avoid charges
      1. 71.Five-yearly review by Secretary of State
      1. 72.Part 1 appeals
      1. 72A.Default power of Secretary of State
      2. 72B.Default power of Secretary of State: supplementary
      1. 73.Human Rights Act 1998: provision of regulated care or support etc a public function
      2. 74.Discharge of hospital patients with care and support needs
      3. 75.After-care under the Mental Health Act 1983
      4. 76.Prisoners and persons in approved premises etc.
      5. 77.Registers of sight-impaired adults, disabled adults, etc.
      6. 78.Guidance, etc.
      7. 79.Delegation of local authority functions
      1. 80.Part 1: interpretation
      1. Quality of services
        1. 81.Duty of candour
        2. 82.Warning notice
        3. 83.Imposition of licence conditions on NHS foundation trusts
        4. 84.Trust special administration: appointment of administrator
        5. 85.Trust special administration: objective, consultation and reports
        1. 86.Restriction on applications for variation or removal of conditions
        2. 87.Rights of appeal
        3. 88.Unitary board
        1. 89.Chief Inspectors
        2. 90.Independence of the Care Quality Commission
        1. 91.Reviews and performance assessments
        1. 92.Offence
        2. 93.Penalties
        3. 94.Offences by bodies
        1. 95.Training for persons working in regulated activity
        1. CHAPTER 1 The Education and Training Functions of NHS England
          1. Establishment
            1. 96.Health Education England
            1. 97.Planning education and training for health care workers etc.
            2. 98.Ensuring sufficient skilled health care workers for the health service
            3. 99.Quality improvement in education and training, etc.
            4. 100.Objectives, priorities and outcomes
            5. 101.Sections 98 and 100: matters to which NHS England must have regard
            6. 102.Advice
            1. 103.Local Education and Training Boards
            2. 104.LETBs: appointment etc.
            3. 105.LETBs: co-operation by providers of health services
            4. 106.Education and training plans
            5. 107.Commissioning education and training
            1. 108.Tariffs
            1. Establishment
              1. 109.The Health Research Authority
              1. 110.The HRA's functions
              1. 111.Co-ordinating and promoting regulatory practice etc.
              1. 112.The HRA's policy on research ethics committees
              2. 113.Approval of research
              3. 114.Recognition by the HRA
              4. 115.Establishment by the HRA
              5. 116.Membership of the United Kingdom Ethics Committee Authority
              1. 117.Approval for processing confidential patient information
              1. Miscellaneous
                1. 118.Transfer orders
                1. 119.Chapters 1 and 2: interpretation and supplementary provision
                1. 120.Powers of administrator etc.
                1. Integration fund
                  1. 121.Integration of care and support with health services etc : integration fund
                  1. 122.The Health and Social Care Information Centre: restrictions on dissemination of information
                  1. 123.Power to make consequential provision
                  2. 124.Power to make transitional etc. provision
                  3. 125.Regulations and orders
                  4. 126.General interpretation
                  5. 127.Commencement
                  6. 128.Extent and application
                  7. 129.Short title
                  1. SCHEDULE 1Cross-border placements
                    1. Placements from England to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
                      1. 1.(1) Where a local authority in England is meeting an.
                      1. 2.(1) Where a local authority in Wales is discharging its.
                      1. 3.(1) Where a local authority in Scotland is discharging its.
                      1. 4.(1) Where there are arrangements under Article 15 of the.
                      1. 5.(1) Any dispute about the application of any of paragraphs.
                      1. 6.(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) an adult has been.
                      2. 7.(1) In section 86 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act.
                      1. 8.(1) In a case where, as a result of this.
                      1. 9.(1) Regulations may provide for this Schedule to apply, with.
                      1. 10.(1) Regulations may provide for this Schedule to apply, with.
                      1. 11.Regulations under this Schedule— (a) if they include provision relating.
                      1. 12.(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.
                      1. 13.In section 194 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales).
                      1. 14.(1) Pending the commencement of Part 4 of the Social.
                      1. Membership, etc.
                        1. 1.(1) The members of an SAB are—
                        1. 2.(1) A member of an SAB listed in paragraph 1(1).
                        1. 3.(1) An SAB must publish for each financial year a.
                        1. 4.(1) As soon as is feasible after the end of.
                        1. Cases where hospital patient is likely to have care and support needs after discharge
                          1. 1.(1) Where the NHS body responsible for a hospital patient.
                          1. 2.(1) The NHS body responsible for a hospital patient, having.
                          2. 3.(1) The relevant authority, having received an assessment notice and.
                          1. 4.(1) If the relevant authority, having received an assessment notice.
                          1. 5.(1) An NHS body may make arrangements with any person.
                          1. 6.(1) Regulations may modify, or otherwise make provision about, the.
                          1. 7.(1) A hospital patient is a person ordinarily resident in.
                          1. 8.Regulations may— (a) specify the form and content of an.
                          1. PART 1 After-care under the Mental Health Act 1983: direct payments
                            1. 1.(1) Sections 31 (adults with capacity to request direct payments).
                            1. SCHEDULE A1 Direct payments: after-care under the Mental Health Act.
                            1. PART 1 Constitution
                              1. Membership
                                1. 1.(1) HEE consists of— (a) a chair appointed by the.
                                2. 2.(1) The members of HEE must include persons who have.
                                1. 3.(1) A person holds office as a non-executive member of.
                                1. 4.(1) Having decided to suspend a person under paragraph 3(6).
                                2. 5.(1) Where a person is suspended from office as the.
                                1. 6.(1) HEE must pay its non-executive members such remuneration as.
                                1. 7.(1) Each executive member of HEE is appointed as an.
                                1. 8.(1) HEE must pay its employees such remuneration as it.
                                1. 9.(1) HEE may appoint committees and sub-committees.
                                1. 10.(1) HEE may regulate its own procedure.
                                1. 11.(1) The application of HEE's seal must be authenticated by.
                                1. 12.(1) HEE is not to be regarded as a servant.
                                1. Exercise of functions
                                  1. 13.(1) HEE must exercise its functions effectively, efficiently and economically.
                                  1. 14.(1) HEE may provide help or advice to another public.
                                  1. 15.(1) HEE must, in the exercise of its functions, co-operate.
                                  1. 16.In section 9(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
                                  1. 17.(1) HEE may arrange with a devolved authority for HEE—.
                                  1. 18.(1) If the Secretary of State considers that HEE is.
                                  1. Funding
                                    1. 19.(1) The Secretary of State must pay HEE for each.
                                    1. 20.(1) HEE must ensure that total expenditure attributable to its.
                                    1. 21.Where HEE generates income from carrying out activities for the.
                                    1. 22.(1) HEE must ensure that— (a) its use of capital.
                                    1. 23.(1) The Secretary of State may direct HEE to ensure.
                                    1. 24.(1) Section 265 of the Public Health Act 1875 (which.
                                    1. 25.(1) HEE must keep— (a) proper accounts, and
                                    1. 26.(1) HEE must prepare consolidated annual accounts for each financial.
                                    1. 27.(1) The Secretary of State may, with the approval of.
                                    1. 28.(1) As soon as is feasible after the end of.
                                    1. Public Records Act 1958
                                      1. 29.In Part 2 of the Table in Schedule 1 to.
                                      1. 30.In the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings).
                                      1. 31.In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, at.
                                      1. 32.In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of.
                                      1. 33.In section 48(6) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.
                                      1. 34.In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of.
                                      1. 35.In Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act.
                                      1. The area for which an LETB is appointed
                                        1. 1.(1) HEE must ensure that the areas of LETBs—
                                        1. 2.(1) HEE must, whenever it considers appropriate, assess—
                                        1. 3.(1) HEE must publish the appointment criteria; but before doing.
                                        1. 4.(1) Regulations may— (a) give LETBs additional functions relating to.
                                        1. PART 1 Constitution
                                          1. Membership
                                            1. 1.(1) The HRA consists of— (a) a chair appointed by.
                                            1. 2.(1) A person holds office as a non-executive member of.
                                            1. 3.(1) Having decided to suspend a person under paragraph 2(6).
                                            2. 4.(1) Where a person is suspended from office as the.
                                            1. 5.(1) The HRA must pay its non-executive members such remuneration.
                                            1. 6.(1) Each executive member of the HRA is appointed as.
                                            1. 7.(1) The HRA must pay its employees such remuneration as.
                                            1. 8.(1) The HRA must appoint a committee for the purpose.
                                            2. 9.Regulations may provide for the committee appointed under paragraph 8(1).
                                            1. 10.(1) The HRA may regulate its own procedure.
                                            1. 11.(1) The application of the HRA's seal must be authenticated.
                                            1. 12.(1) The HRA is not to be regarded as a.
                                            1. Exercise of functions
                                              1. 13.(1) The HRA must exercise its functions effectively, efficiently and.
                                              1. 14.(1) The HRA may provide help or advice to another.
                                              1. 15.(1) The HRA may arrange with a devolved authority for.
                                              1. 16.(1) If the Secretary of State considers that the HRA.
                                              1. Funding
                                                1. 17.The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the.
                                                1. 18.(1) Regulations may require payment of a fee in relation.
                                                1. 19.(1) The HRA must keep accounts in such form as.
                                                1. 20.(1) As soon as is feasible after the end of.
                                                1. Public Records Act 1958
                                                  1. 21.In Part 2 of the Table in Schedule 1 to.
                                                  1. 22.In the Schedule to the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings).
                                                  1. 23.In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, at.
                                                  1. 24.In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of.
                                                  1. 25.In section 48(6) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.
                                                  1. 26.In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of.
                                                  1. 27.In Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act.
                                                  1. Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1059)
                                                    1. 1.In regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations.
                                                    1. 2.In regulation 2(1) of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations.
                                                    1. 3.In regulation 1(2) of the Health Service (Control of Patient.
                                                    1. 4.In regulation 2(1) of the Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland).
                                                    1. 5.In regulation 2(1) of the Residential Care Homes Regulations (Northern.
                                                    1. 6.In regulation 2(1) of the Independent Health Care Regulations (Northern.
                                                    1. 7.In article 1(2) of the Approval of Research on Organs.
                                                    1. 8.In regulation 1(2) of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (Ethical.
                                                    1. 9.In regulation 2 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Appropriate.
                                                    1. 10.In regulation 2 of the Mental Capacity 2005 (Appropriate Body).
                                                    1. 11.In regulation 2(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Disclosure.
                                                    1. 12.In regulation 25 of the Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations.

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