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<p>The Care Bill will require local authorities to provide information and advice
on how to access care and support in their area including assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The
Bill will place local authorities under a duty to assess any adult who appears to
have needs for care and support, whatever their level of need. The assessment will
look at the person's needs and outcomes they want to achieve, and the person must
be involved throughout the process. Authorities will have to ensure that anyone who
is undertaking an assessment is appropriately trained to do so, and that where the
assessor is not experienced in the condition of the person they are assessing, they
must consult someone who is.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will ensure that the person
needing care has an effective assessment carried out by an appropriately trained assessor.</p><p>
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