Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for people receiving direct payments, DHSC (updated 1st July 2020)

Advice for people who buy care and support through a direct payment, as well as local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and those who provide care and support. 1 July 2020 Edited HTML publication ' Using direct payments during the coronavirus outbreak: full guidance for people receiving direct payments and personal assistants ' . Added information about keeping a temporary record of the shift patterns of PAs for 21 days. 10 June 2020 The document ' Coronavirus (COVID-19): Q&A for people receiving a personal budget or personal health budget ' has been updated and renamed ' Using direct payments during the coronavirus outbreak: full guidance for people receiving direct payments and personal assistants ' . Changes to this document include the addition of case studies, and there are new sections on PPE, testing and the flexible of use of direct payments. Two other documents have been added: ' Guidance for commissioners, people receiving direct payments and care providers (easy read) ' and ' Using direct payments during the coronavirus outbreak: the most important things to know ' . The document ' Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for people receiving direct payments ' has been renamed ' Guidance for commissioners, people receiving direct payments and care providers ' . There are no other changes to this document.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news