Advice for people who buy care and support through a direct payment, as well as local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and those who provide care and support. It sets out the main messages for individuals and organisations that can support planning and help slow the transmission of the Coronavirus as the outbreak progresses across the country. It is accompanied by additional guidance, mostly aimed at direct payment holders, that directly responds to questions and concerns previously raised by direct payment holders, personal assistants, and charities and organisations that support them. [Published 21 April 2020; Last updated 10 June 2020]