Indirect Payments are similar to Direct Payments, but instead of being paid to the individual who needs the service, payments are made to a nominated individual or into a trust. The trustees or nominated people then pay for services on the individual's behalf.
An Individual Service Fund is an individual
budget that a service provider manages on
behalf of a service user. Payments are made
with the understanding that the service
provider can deliver what is needed and it
meets the criteria set out in the service user's
support plan.
This is consent to treatment or care where a person has been given enough objective, evidence-based information to be able to make their own decision, and the person has the mental capacity to make that decision.
