Continuing healthcare guidance from our experts
How care homes can benefit our loved ones
The thought of putting a loved one into care can be a daunting one. We talk to care experts about why it can benefit our friends and family. As we get older, our ability to care for ourselves lessens, meaning that more and more people are looking to the help of their local care homes. Making the dec
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Changes to the Decision Support Tool and checklist for NHS Continuing Healthcare 2018
The National Framework for continuing healthcare funding has been updated by the Department of Health and these changes come in to effect in October 2018. We examine what changes have been made to the Decision Support Tool (DST) and Checklist assessments.
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National Framework for NHS continuing Healthcare funding Oct 2018
The Department of Health and Social Care published a revision to the National Framework for continuing healthcare funding on 1 March 2018. This revision comes into effect on 1 October 2018. We analyse the changes and their impact.
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What are the 12 care domains of continuing healthcare?
Continuing healthcare (CHC) domains are the 12 specific areas of care assessed by the Decision Support Tool (DST). The 12 CHC domains are: Behaviour Cognition Psychological and emotional Communication Mobility Nutrition Continence Skin Breathing Drug therapies and medication Altered states of cons
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How do I appeal an NHS Continuing Healthcare funding decision?
Appealing an NHS Continuing Healthcare decision can be time-consuming (people can wait for months, or even years) and very distressing for individuals and their families. The appeals process can appear extremely complex especially as the lack of guidelines in the National Framework means that Integr
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How to apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare
The process of applying for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) can be confusing, so to help we’ve outlined the steps of the process below. NHS Continuing Healthcare funding is a package of care provided to meet the care costs for an individual, regardless of their setting, be it in a nursing home
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Is NHS Continuing Healthcare funding for life?
No, unfortunately, your eligibility for continuing healthcare funding will undergo regular reviews. After what is often a complex, drawn-out and stressful assessment the knowledge that continuing healthcare funding is successfully in place is often tempered by the unwelcome news that it will be revi
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Audit office investigation into NHS continuing healthcare funding
The National Audit Office has published the findings of its investigation into NHS continuing healthcare (2017). The following is a press release from the NAO: NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) is a package of care provided outside of hospital that is arranged and funded solely by the NHS for individu
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Is there an upper care limit NHS Continuing Healthcare will cover?
NHS Continuing Healthcare funding pays 100% of the cost of care for eligible individuals. However, we’ve heard from families who have been told there was an upper care limit per week, leaving relatives to ‘top-up’ the outstanding amount to meet the care home weekly fee. This is incorrect a
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What’s the difference between healthcare and social care?
To receive NHS Continuing Healthcare funding – which covers the cost of an individual’s care in its entirety – the need for funding must be established primarily as a healthcare NOT a social care need. However, we have heard from our clients, and witnessed first-hand, how NHS continuing hea
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