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(a) "community equipment (aids and minor adaptations) service" means a qualifying service[2] which consists of the provision of an aid, or a minor adaptation to property, for the purposes of assisting with nursing at home or aiding daily living; and, for the purposes of this paragraph, an adaptation is "minor" if the cost of making the adaptation is £1000 or less; and

(b) "intermediate care" means a qualifying service which consists of a structured programme of care provided for a limited period of time to assist a person to maintain or regain the ability to live in his home.

Qualifying services
     3. The qualifying services prescribed for the purposes of section 15(1) of the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 are intermediate care and community equipment (aids and minor adaptations) services.

Qualifying services to be provided free of charge
     4.  - (1) A community equipment (aids and minor adaptations) service is required to be provided free of charge to any person to whom it is provided where the provision of that service begins on or after the date on which these regulations come into force.

    (2) A period of intermediate care which begins on or after these regulations come into force is required to be provided free of charge to any person to whom it is provided for any period up to and including six weeks.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health


Jacqui Smith
Minister of State, Department of Health

30th April 2003

[2] see section 15(3) of the 2003 Act for the definition of "qualifying service".back

 

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