Exceptions from charging

7.1    The council will not charge for:

• Information and advice about care and support
• Assessing or re-assessing needs
• Planning care and support
• Reviewing a support plan
• The financial assessment, re-assessment or advice from the financial assessment and benefits team

7.2    The council charges for all types of care and support except for:

• Care and support provided to adults who have Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Care and support provided to adults aged under 20 who are still in fulltime education and whose parents still receive child benefit for them
• Community Equipment (aids and minor adaptations). This means an aid or minor adaptation to a property to help with nursing at home or daily living. Aids are provided free of charge
• A time limited period of intermediate care. The length of the period depends on a person’s needs and circumstances, but will not exceed 6 weeks except in exceptional circumstances. Charging and financial assessment will apply to care and support provided/arranged by the council when the intermediate care period ends
• After-care services/support provided under S117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Any service / part of a service which the NHS has a duty to provide. This includes Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and the Registered Nursing Care (Funded Nursing Care – FNC)