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Health and Social Care Handbook

Health and Social Care Handbook

Author: Caroline Bielanska; Fiona Scolding
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
ISBN: 9781853289903
Published In: July 2006
Format: Paperback , 512 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This concise and practical book provides a clear explanation of health and social care law. It is designed to help advisers navigate the extensive regulations and direct them to the key issues relevant to their clients. It outlines the duties, rights and remedies for users of health and social care, their carers and advisers, including:

the overarching principles and responsibilities of the NHS and social services
the role of education and housing departments
assessments for social support services
the provision of health case, continuing NHS health care, community health services and charging for NHS services
discharge from hospital under the Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act 2003
complaints procedures, disputes and remedies.

The Health and Social Care Handbook will prove invaluable to lawyers, advisers, local authorities, charities and carers responsible for giving advice to users of the health and social care system in England and Wales.

Part I - The overarching principles and responsibilities of health and social care providers;
1. Health care providers;
2. Social care providers;
Part II - Responsibility for the provision of social care;
3. Assessment by social services;
4. Service provision;
5. Charging for social services care;
Part III - Responsibility for the provision of health care;
6. Provision of aids/appliances;
7. Discharge from hospital;
8. Continuing health care;
9. Community health services;
10. Charging for health care;
Part IV - Particular groups affected by community care;
11. Children and young adults;
12. The mentally ill;
13. The vulnerable adult;
14. Asylum seekers, housing and homelessness;
15. Carers;
16. Capacity;
Part V - Surveillance, complaints and judicial remedies;
17. Health and Social Care Commissions;
18. Complaints;
19. The Ombudsmen;
20. The Local Government Monitoring Officer;
21. The Department of Health;
22. The Children's Commissioner;
23. Judicial review;
24. Actions and claims under the Human Rights Act 1998;
25. Other international law instruments;
26. Actions for damages;
Appendices.

Caroline Bielanska is a solicitor, lecturer, freelance consultant and joint chair of Solicitors for the Elderly.

Fiona Scolding is a barrister at Hardwicke Building, London where she specialises in education, community care and housing law.

"This book will provide a useful reference tool for those advisers dealing with clients who are users of social services or the NHS. Advisers will find much of their time is saved by having all the relevant reference material contained in one place."

Adviser

"It is a tribute to these authors that the traveller now has to hand a serviceable guidebook...it is hard to see any lawyer in this field not benefiting by having this readily accessible book to hand."

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