Information for the Department of Health regarding the
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
The Carers (Equal Opportunities Act) 2004 Act received Royal
Assent on 22nd July 2004 and came into force on 1st April 2005.
Read the full report on the Carers Act 2004
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
The Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 gives carers more
choice and better opportunities to lead a more fulfilling life by
ensuring they receive information about their rights under the
Carers and Disabled Children 2000 Act. It also ensures that carers
assessments consider leisure, training and work activities, and
provides for co-operation between local authorities and other
bodies, including housing, education and health, particularly in
relation to the planning and provision of community care services
that are relevant to carers.
Read
the covering letter about the Carers Act 2004
Read the policy guidance on the Carers Act
2004 - this link will open in a new window
Read the Carers Act 2004 in full - this link
will open in a new window
The Disabled Persons (Services Consultation and Representation)
Act 1986
This act highlighted that when assessing a disabled person's
needs consideration must be given as to whether the carer is able
to care for that person.
Read the Disabled Persons Act 1986 in full -
this link will open in a new window.
The NHS and Community Care Act 1990
This act provided a framework of community care procedures and
policies as well as establishing support for carers as a national
priority.
Read the NHS and Community Care Act 1980 in
full - this link will open in a new window.
The Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995
The Carers Act 1995 recognised that the needs of carers may well
be different to those of the cared for person and requires local
authorities to make a separate assessment of carers' needs.
Read the Carers (Recongition and Services) Act
1995 in full - this link will open in a new window
The Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
The Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 gives local councils
the power to supply certain services direct to carers following an
assessment. This power involves a new right to a carers assessment
for carers providing 'regular' and 'substantial' care even when the
cared for person has refused an assessment for, or the provision
of, community care services. It extends Direct Payments to carers,
to 16 and 17 year old disabled children and to parent carers.
Read the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 in
full - this link will open in a new
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