P192 CEEFAX 192 Thy 23 Feb 1=:17/43 9/4 -n1n1 -/.%/.%/, DESP—SCH Niall Dickson reports on plans to ease fears on NHS long-}erm care: Today's guidance is an attempt to draw a line between the responsibilities of free hjalthcare and means tested social service care. It makes clear that the NHS still has responsibility for continzing care. Health minister John Bower acknowledged that in some cases, health authorities may have gone too far in divesting thjmsjlvjs of long-stay beds. --,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ Newsreel Dispatch Main News SportP192 CEEFAX 192 Thy 23 Feb 1=:1:/23 5/4 -n1n1 -/.%/.%/, DESP—SCH Niall Dickson reports on plans to ease fears on NHS long-}erm care: But the health minister also emphasisjd that no one had a right to occupy an NHS bed longer than doctors said was njedjd. However, there will bj an indjpjndjnt xanjl able to review individual cases. The new national definitions suggest free care will bj offered where there are complex health needs but to the dismay of some it will bj up to health azthorities to set their own local criteria. --,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ Newsreel Dispatch Main News SportP192 CEEFAX 192 Thy 23 Feb 1=:19/43 A -n1n1 -/.%/.%/, DESP—SCH Niall Dickson reports on plans to ease fears on NHS long-}erm care: The Association of Directors of Social Services welcomed the tightening up of procedzres. But it said there was no hiding the fact that older people's rights to continuing health service care had been circumscribed. And Dr Mac Armstrong of the British Medical Association said the guidance signalled the jnd0of free care from cradle to grave. Home 11p Politics 130GWorld 160 Summary 102 Dispatch 190 Index 1:9 Newsreel Dispatch Main News SportP192 CEEFAX 192 Thy 23 Feb 1=:1</43 4/4 -n1n1 -/.%/.%/, DESP—SCH Niall Dickson reports on plans to ease fears on NHS long-}ism care: The Govjrnmjnt has moved some way to answering its critics. But there was njvjr any chance it would hand back to the NHS responsibility for the many frail elderly xjopli who now ind up in private nzrsjng homes - manz0of whom after means testing have to xaz their own fees. Summary 1p2 Commons 140 Diary 1 0 Home 11p World 160 Rrel 196 Politics 130 Dispatch 190GGuidr 198 Newsreel Dispatch Main News Sxort