Fair access to care services facs prioritising eligibility for care and support the social care institute for excellence scie was established by government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the united kingdom we achieve this by identifying good practice and helping to embed it in everyday social care . Policy eligibility framework and guidance december 2013 updated feb 2014 the department of social care is committed to the implementation of the fair access to care services initiative it has developed criteria which ensure that adults seeking for social care services the criteria threshold is set and can be changed by the . Save on isbn 9781858786599 bibliocom has facing facs applying the eligibility criteria in fair access to care services to adults with sight problems by and over 50 million more used rare and out of print books. 3 survey of fair access to care services facs assessment criteria among local authorities in england in 2008 the commission for social care inspection csci carried out a review of eligibility criteria csci 2008 which identified a number of shortcomings in the way facs guidelines were implemented the complexity of the facs was cited as. Fair access to care services guidance on eligibility criteria for adult social care overview 1 this guidance provides councils with social services responsibilities hereafter referred to as councils with a framework for determining eligibility for adult social care it covers how councils should carry out assessments and