Guides from the Department of Health

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This page tells you about the guides you can get from the Department of Health.

Almost all Department of Health publications are available in electronic form on their website and hard copies of these can be ordered free of charge.

Find out more about ordering printed copies of Department of Health guides.

An easy guide to Direct Payments: giving you the choice and control (October 2004)

This guide tells you the basics of what direct payments are.

More about this guide can be found on the Department of Health website:

Direct Payments Guidance: Community Care, Services for Carers and Children's Services (Direct Payments) Guidance

This guides has general information about direct payments and how it can help you to take control over your own life by providing an alternative to social care services provided by a local council.

More about this guide can be found on the Department of Health website:

Practical Guide for Disabled People and Carers

This guide will help disabled people and carers to find information, services and equipment.

View the Practical Guide for Disabled People and Carers

A guide to receiving Direct Payments from your local council: a route to independent living

A guide offering advice to people who receive direct payments or are thinking about getting them.

More about this guide can be found on the Department of Health website:

Direct Choices: What councils need to make Direct Payments happen for people with learning disabilities

This guide was developed in 2004 by Values Into Action on behalf of the Department of Health. It provides help and advice on encouraging and supporting people with learning disabilities to take up direct payments.

More about this guide can be found on the Department of Health website:

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