http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/5/notes/division/2CareHospital dischargeCare assessmentDay careRespite careExplanatory Notes to Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003Department of HealthKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-12-05
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8 April 2003
Summary
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This Act extends only to England and Wales.
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The main effects of the Act are:
in Part 1, to provide for a local authority to make a payment to the healthcare provider for each day of delay when an NHS patient’s discharge from hospital is delayed and the local authority is responsible for that delay;
in Part 2, to provide the power to remove, in circumstances set out in regulations, local authorities’ power to charge for certain community care and carers’ services.