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Pension Credit is an income related benefit made up of 2 parts - Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit. Guarantee Credit tops up your weekly income if it's below £142.70 (single people) or £217.90 (couples)(figures correct at Nov 2012). Savings Credit is an extra payment for people who have saved some money towards their retirement, eg a pension. You don't
pay tax on Pension Credit.
A
Personal Assistant is a person employed to help someone with their daily
social care in a way that is right for them. Using their
Personal Budgets, a person can employ a Personal Assistant to provide support like: cooking, cleaning, help with personal care like washing and using the toilet, driving or help with getting around,
medical tasks, shopping, banking or paying bills.
From 8 April 2013, a new benefit called
Personal Independence Payment will replace
Disability Living Allowance (
DLA) for disabled people aged 16 to 64. Personal Independence Payment is to help towards some of the extra costs caused by ill-health or disability. It's based on how a person's condition affects them, not the condition they have.
Personal Care Services for vulnerable persons,
including those with special needs because of old age or physical
disability or mental disability, and
children in need of care and protection.
Is the all-encompassing term for the Government's agenda to give people more choice about and control in the care they receive. The system places the
service user at the centre of the process and allows them to choose the support they use and the manner in which they receive support.
A process of financial audit of NHS claims. PPV is carried out by the
Shared Services Partnership (SSP) in-line with an agreed protocol. The SSP is entitled to inspect records relating to NHS patients, including mixed NHS and private records relating to a patient.
A change in your eye (such as
floaters) which is frustrating but does not normally cause sight loss.
The part of the NHS where GP's,
community nurses and other clinicians work to provide a first point of contact for patients. Community pharmacists, dentists and
opticians are also part of
Primary Care.
PCTs are a very important part of the NHS, and they get about 80% of the total NHS budget. PCTs decide what health services a local community needs, and they are responsible for providing them. They must ensure that there are enough services for people within their local area, and that the services are accessible. These services include: GPs, Dentists, Pharmacists,
Opticians, NHS Direct, and NHS walk-in centres. PCTs make decisions about the type of services that hospitals provide and are responsible for making sure that the quality of service is high enough. They also control funding for hospitals.
An eye examination for patients with an eye problem requiring urgent attention that was available from the community
optometrist free of
charge to the patient. This service was available from 2003-2012 but has been superseded by the
EHEW.
Medical professionals who provide services from GP surgeries including GP's, practice nurses and community staff.
Pupils with
profound and multiple learning difficulties have complex learning needs. In addition to very severe learning difficulties, pupils have other significant difficulties such as physical
disabilities, sensory impairment or a severe
medical condition. Pupils require a high level of adult support, both for their learning needs and also for their personal care. They are likely to need sensory stimulation and a curriculum broken down into very small steps. Some pupils communicate by gesture, eye pointing or symbols, others by very simple language. Their attainments are likely to remain in the early P-scale range (P1-P4) throughout their school careers (that is below level 1 of the National Curriculum).
Most people would prefer to look after themselves as much as possible and to remain in their own home. Recent guidance has challenged
statutory agencies to promote such independence by ensuring that people have access to the information and services that they need. It also places increased emphasis on
rehabilitation and the associated
therapy services.
An independent or statutory organisation that may provide a whole range of care services for those in need.
Condition affecting the
macular in one or both eyes, causing problems with central vision.
A type of 'white dot syndrome' characterised by small yellow/white dots or lesions which are visible in an examination of the retina.
