Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Territorial Application: Wales

   1. Part 1 – Delayed discharge payments

   2. Part 2 – Local authority community care services

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – Delayed Discharge Payments

      1. Preliminary

         1. Section 1: Meaning of “NHS body” and “qualifying hospital patient”

      2. Determination of need for community care services on discharge

         1. Section 2: Notice of patient’s likely need for services on discharge

         2. Section 3: Notices under section 2: supplementary

         3. Section 4: Duties of responsible authority when section 2 has been given

         4. Section 5: Duties of responsible NHS body when section 2 has been given

      3. Delayed discharge payments

         1. Section 6: Liability to make delayed discharge payments

         2. Section 7: Delayed discharge payments

      4. Disputes

         1. Section 8: Ordinary residence

         2. Section 9: Dispute resolution

      5. Supplemental

         1. Section 10: Adjustments between social services authorities

         2. Section 11: Regulations

         3. Section 13: Application of Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

         4. Section 14: Power to extend the application of Part 1 to NHS patients in care homes

   2. Part 2 – Local Authority Community Care and Carers’ Services

      1. Section 15: Free provision of certain community care and carers’ services

      2. Section 16: Free provision of services in Wales

      3. Section 17: Consequential amendments

   3. Part 3 – Supplementary

      Commencement

5. Hansard References