The Provision of Direct Payment Support Services
What the buyer wrote
The Council has a statutory duty under the Children’s Act 1989, Section 17, to offer the option of direct payments to parents or carers with parental responsibility for Children with Disabilities. The Carers and Disabled Children’s Act 2000 extended eligibility to include 16 and 17 year olds and those with parental responsibility for disabled children. This is detailed in Section 17 of the Children’s Act 1989. Instead of directly providing services, the Council can now give payment (direct payments also known as personal budget) directly to parents/carers of children with disabilities to make their own care arrangements. Direct payments are made to parents/carers whose children with disabili…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- The Provision of Direct Payment Support Services
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Where
- in the North West
- Kind of work
- Health and social care
Who the buyer named
John Ferguson was the named contact on this notice.