Clause 12 - Free provision of certain community care services
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Derek Conway (Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to take the following:
Amendment No. 88, in
clause 13, page 8, line 7, at end insert 'and to Schedule (Social care not ordinarily charged for) of that Act'.
Amendment No. 89, in
clause 13, page 8, line 13, at end insert 'and to Schedule (Social care not ordinarily charged for) of that Act'.
Amendment No. 90, in
clause 13, page 8, line 19, at end add 'and to Schedule (Social care not ordinarily charged for) of that Act'.
New schedule 1—Social Care Not Ordinarily Charged For—
'(1) As regards the personal hygiene of the person cared for—
(a) shaving;
(b) cleaning teeth and providing assistance in rinsing the mouth;
(c) keeping fingernails and toenails trimmed;
(d) assisting the person with going to the toilet or with using a bedpan or other receptacle;
(e) where the person is fitted with a catheter or stoma, providing such assistance as to requisite to ensure cleanliness and that the skin is kept in a favourable hygienic condition;
(f) where the person is incontinent—
(i) the consequential provision and changing of continence pads;
(ii) caring for the person's skin to ensure that it is not adversely affected.
(2) As regards the person's eating requirements, assisting with the administration of food.
(3) If the person is immobile or substantially immobile, dealing with the problems of that immobility.
(4) If the person requires medical treatment, assisting with medication, as for example by—
(a) applying creams, lotions, or administering eye drops;
(b) applying dressings in cases where this can be done without the physical involvement of a registered nurse or of a medical practitioner.
(5) With regard to the person's general well-being—
(a) assisting with getting dressed;
(b) assisting with surgical appliances, prostheses and mechanical and manual equipment;
(c) assisting with getting up and with going to bed.'.