Assessment notice given by responsible NHS body to local authority
3(1)The relevant authority, having received an assessment notice and having in light of it carried out a needs assessment and (where applicable) a carer’s assessment, must inform the NHS body responsible for the patient—
(a)whether the patient has needs for care and support,
(b)(where applicable) whether a carer has needs for support,
(c)whether any of the needs referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) meet the eligibility criteria, and
(d)how the authority plans to meet such of those needs as meet the eligibility criteria.
(2)Where, having carried out a needs assessment or carer’s assessment in a case within section 27(4), the relevant authority considers that the patient’s needs for care and support or (as the case may be) the carer’s needs for support have changed, it must inform the NHS body responsible for the patient of the change.