§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to issue formal guidance to local authorities so as to ensure that BD8 referrals automatically trigger a full community care assessment by local authorities. [14028]
§ Mr. BoatengThe proposal that BD8s should automatically trigger a full community care assessment by local authorities is made in a recent report by the Royal National Institute for the Blind,A Question of Risk: Community care for older visually impaired people in England and Wales. The department will study the report carefully.