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Getting through the Checklist assessment – avoid these common mistakes!
/6 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareFirst, read our latest article “Understanding the Checklist Assessment”. Here’s a quick recap… The NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist assessment is the first stage in the NHS Continuing Healthcare funding assessment process and simply determines whether the applicant should move on to a full assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. This preliminary assessment stage should be relatively […]
Retrospective Reviews for past periods of care – avoiding fatal mistakes
/5 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareQ. How do you know when you’ve won your retrospective claim for CHC Funding? A. When you get paid! Here’s a question recently posted by Helen on our Facebook page dealing with just this issue: “Following a 4-year battle for retrospective CHC healthcare funding for my late father who suffered with Alzheimer’s, the decision finally […]
My 3 biggest mistakes with NHS Continuing Healthcare
/51 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareAvoid making these 3 NHS Continuing Healthcare mistakes Today’s article is from the founder of Care To Be Different. She shares more about her own fight for NHS funding for her parents, including her 3 biggest mistakes with NHS Continuing Healthcare. These mistakes are easy ones to make, as many families know only too well. […]
NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist assessment – 11 common mistakes
/40 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareHave you had problems getting through the NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist assessment? Checkout the 11 common mistakes below… The NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist assessment is the first stage in the NHS Continuing Healthcare funding assessment process. This stage should be relatively straight forward and quick. It should not be a long drawn out assessment, and it […]
Typical mistakes in NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments
/29 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareThere are many myths and misconceptions about NHS Continuing Healthcare, and many families find the process confusing because of the misinformation they’ve been given. Here are some tips to help with some of the questions families ask most – addressing some of the typical mistakes in NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments: No one can say whether […]
Continuing Care assessments: 2 frequent mistakes – Part 2
/13 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareStable and predictable needs in Continuing Healthcare We continue our two-part article about frequent mistakes made in Continuing Care assessments. In Part 1 we looked at how your relative may be wrongly given low scores in assessments because they are receiving care and their needs are being managed. However, it’s always the underlying need that […]
Continuing Care assessments: 2 frequent mistakes – Part 1
/42 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcareIn Continuing Healthcare well-managed needs are still needs When we’ve reviewed NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment notes for families, with a view to helping them appeal NHS decisions to deny funding, we notice many mistakes made by Continuing Healthcare assessors. Assessment errors stem from poor interpretation of Department of Health guidelines on the part of assessors, […]
Preparation, Preparation, Preparation! Never Take MDT Outcomes For Granted
/2 Comments/in NHS Continuing HealthcarePreparing for an MDT. We have received many comments on our Facebook page recently following a post by a contributor who said that her mum is soon to be assessed for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding (known colloquially as CHC). She goes on to describe her mother’s admission to hospital for surgery and her other conditions, […]
Why aren’t you getting free NHS care?
/1 Comment/in Care feesDid you know that if you have been discharged from hospital after 1st September 2020 you may be entitled to free NHS care? When did the funding scheme start? From 1st September 2020, the Government introduced a national emergency discharge fund to cover the cost of post-discharge recovery and support for new or additional/extended care […]