Sentence examples for critical substantial from inspiring English sources
Meanwhile, many local authorities are reassessing service users, to see whether their needs are "critical", "substantial" or "moderate", as they reallocate reduced services to those in most need.
Another problem: 70% of councils bundle together "critical" and "substantial" into one category.
H was last assessed as having a mixture of critical and substantial needs.
Typically, local authorities (LA) provide care only for people assessed as having "critical" or "substantial" levels of need.
At present, 90% of local authorities only provide support to those falling into the "critical" and "substantial" categories.
The commission says an additional £3bn will be needed initially to make social care free for people with critical or substantial needs, rising to £5bn by 2025.
Rahman has pledged not to close libraries, children's centres or leisure centres and will keep home care free for people with "critical" and "substantial" needs.
With more than 90% of councils only providing help to people with critical and substantial needs, the unspoken fallback position is that their children will pick up the slack.
In this present climate of cuts and with local authorities only providing services to those with critical and substantial care needs, there are large numbers of older people in desperate need for help and support who are completely being overlooked.
Eddie Sherwood, Director of Care and Support, Communities at Sheffield City Council, said: "We work closely with people to assess their needs and for those who have critical and substantial requirements, we provide a personal budget so that these can be met.
The report addresses recent government and local authority measures and austerity reforms that impact upon independent living for disabled people; such as reforms to disability living allowance and housing benefit, closure of the Independent Living Fund and restricting eligibility for social care to "critical or substantial" needs only.
