Common use of Direct Payments Clause in Contracts

Direct Payments. 45.1 The Partners recognise the growing importance and impact of direct payments to Service Users for purchasing their own agreed packages of care. 45.2 The design of the resource allocation arrangements will deliver:  Discipline over approval of proposed care plans and direct payments approach;  Security of funding ahead of spend by Service Users (e.g. “debit card”, pre-approved spend)  Approach to recovering unused funding from individual Service Users.

Direct Payments. 45.1 50.1. The Partners recognise the growing importance and impact of direct payments to Service Users for purchasing their own agreed packages of care. 45.2 50.2. The design of the resource allocation arrangements will deliver:  Discipline over approval of proposed care plans and direct payments approach;  Security of funding ahead of spend by Service Users (e.g. “debit card”, pre-pre- approved spend)  Approach to recovering unused funding from individual Service Users.

Direct Payments. 45.1 The Partners recognise the growing importance and impact of direct payments to Service Users for purchasing their own agreed packages of care. 45.2 The design of the resource allocation arrangements will deliver:  • Discipline over approval of proposed care plans and direct payments approach;  • Security of funding ahead of spend by Service Users (e.g. “debit card”, pre-approved spend)  • Approach to recovering unused funding from individual Service Users.