Information & advice

A Direct Payment is money paid by the local authority to enable you to arrange your own care and support services.

This can give you greater control over how your care needs are met than being provided with services, but may involve taking on greater responsibilities.

Read our factsheet to find out whether Direct Payments might benefit you. Contents include:

• What are Direct Payments?
• Who can get a Direct Payment?
• How to arrange your own services
• Payment levels and your contribution
• Reviewing and stopping Direct Payments

This factsheet will benefit anyone who is likely to need help at home and wants to know their options, as well as existing service users or Direct Payments recipients who want to check their current arrangements. 

Further information

Please download our factsheet in the top right corner of this page for detailed information.