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Valuing People Now: Transfer of the responsibility for the commissioning of social care for adults with a learning disability from the NHS to local government and transfer of the appropriate funding (HTML format)

• Departments: 

• Department of Health

Document type: 

Circular/letter

Date of publication: 

21 August 2008

Summary: 

This letter and annex set out the existing policy and legal framework for the transfer of learning disability social care funding and commissioning from the NHS to local authorities with effect from 1 April 2009. The annex provides guidance on what is covered, what primary care trusts and local authorities need to do and the timescale for the transfer. The proposed transfer was set out in Valuing People Now.

• Subjects: 

• Care; 
• Economics and finance; 
• General health; 
• Government and public administration; 
• NHS; 
• Social issues

• Regions: 

• National

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