The Care and Support (Provision of Health Services) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Arrangements for the resolution of disputes for the purposes of section 47(8) of the 2014 Act

4.—(1) A local authority must make arrangements in connection with the resolution of disputes between the authority and a health body about whether or not a service or facility is required to be provided under a health enactment.

(2) Such arrangements must include arrangements in connection with the resolution of disputes about—

(a) decisions as to a person’s eligibility for Continuing NHS Healthcare;

(b) the contribution of a health body or local authority to a joint package of care for a person who is not eligible for Continuing NHS Healthcare.

(3) The arrangements must include—

(a) a procedure for resolving such disputes which has been agreed with the health body;

(b) provision for meeting the needs of the person to whom the dispute relates pending the resolution of the dispute;

(c) a requirement that any dispute does not prevent, delay, interrupt or otherwise adversely affect the meeting of the needs of the person to whom the dispute relates.