Community Care
CONTACTOur community care law department is supervised by community care solicitor. The team has extensive experience providing community care law advice and representation to service users, carers and family members. We provide advice and representation for people who use or need access to health or social services. Our clients also include people planning ahead to understand what financial contributions they will have to make if they, or a relative, go into a nursing or residential care home. Our community care solicitors can also help with questions such as what will happen to savings and the home.
We provide advice and representation for people in the following areas:
• Access to information & records;
• Failure to carry out community care assessments;
• Failure to provide adequately for care needs following assessment;
• Withdrawal & reduction of community care services;
• Charging disputes;
• Provision of services to people leaving hospital after accident/injury;
• Healthcare rationing & closure of residential homes, day centres & specialist clinics;
• Breaches of Human Rights Act because of delays in provision of services;
• Court of Protection work, including on behalf of the Official Solicitor;
• Deprivation of Liberties and Advance Directions;
• Withdrawal and reduction of community care services;
• Provision of after care services for those with mental health problems;
• Charging for health and community care services;
• Closure of hospitals, care homes and day centres;
• Decision-making for patients lacking capacity;
• Asylum Support.
