Community Care

Kings Chambers has extensive experience and an establishedreputation across the entire scope of community care law. The team hasexperience in advising and representing local authorities, disabledpeople, their carers on a wide range of issues including:

• community care assessments;
• changes to care provision;
• charging for community care services;
• unsuitable accommodation;
• welfare benefits;
• closure of residential care homes and hospitals;
• charging issues;
• disputes between social services authorities and health authorities;
• the formulation of local authority policy and eligibility criteria;
• Fair Access to Care Services and Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care;
• Issuesarising out of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, the Carers andDisabled Children Act 2000 and the Children Leaving Care Act 2000.

Kings Chambers provides a training programme for this area through the
Kings Community Care and Disability Rights Association (KCCDRA).

All enquiries relating to this area and the KCCDRA should be made to Bill Brown.

To view a list of our members who specialise in this area, please click on the drop down menu to the left.