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Creating a carer link for Carer Payment (CP) reviews 009-08020010

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This document outlines information for Service Officers creating or re-establishing a link between the carer and care receiver, as part of a review process for Carer Payment (CP) where the link has been broken.

Creating CP links where the carer link has been broken

CP links are generally established at grant and are needed to link information between the carer’s and care receiver’s records. These links also ensure reviews of CP and Carer Allowance (CA) are processed at the same time if the carer is receiving both payments. When CP is reviewed, it may be necessary to check the Link Summary (LS) or Care Receiver Summary (CRS) screen on the carer's record to see if the current care receiver's name appears and if a link needs to be re-established. If not already established, or if the link has been broken and needs to be re-established, the link must be created by the Service Officer at the time of the CP review.

Transfer from Wife Pension (WP) to Carer Payment (CP)

Coding CRES, ARD and RSS screen

Recording legal residence status