Thursday 24 November 2011

Burstow toughens requirements on NHS to fund carers' breaks

The government has toughened requirements on the NHS to fund carers' services after admitting funding allocated for the purpose was not being spent as desired.

Primary care trusts will be mandated to publish how much money they are allocating to support carers and transfer these funds to local authorities, while also publishing plans to support carers by next September, under the NHS Operating Framework 2012-13, published today.

They will also have to set out how many breaks the allocated funding could provide for carers.

Full Article on Community Care

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