We are used to ‘Direct Payments’ in the social care sector. They were introduced in the Direct Payments (Community Care) Act 1997. While without doubt they are incredibly beneficial and empowering to some service users as they allow the user to receive the money paid for care directly and for that care to then be bought [...]

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Posted 24 Mar 2009 4:46 AM by Fighting Monsters | Report Abuse

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