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Negotiating needs, access and gatekeeping: developments in health and community care policies in the UK and the rights of disabled and older citizens
- Authors:
- RUMMERY Kirstein, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 19(3), August 1999, pp.335-351.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article argues that the cumulative consequences of community care policies in the UK have resulted in a move from universal access to NHS services to discretionary access to residual local authority services. Draws on an empirical study of the experiences of disabled and older people who have tried to gain access to community care assessments.