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If you have a relative with complex healthcare needs, who is either being cared for at home, in a care home, or about to be discharged from hospital into a care home or hospice, and you’ve never heard of NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (or ‘CHC’), then you must read this article! It could save your […]
Catch up here if you missed part 1 of the MDT appeal process – Part 1: Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when appealing the MDT decision. As we concluded at the end of Part 1, if you don’t succeed at Local Resolution and you remain dissatisfied with the outcome, then you have another 6 months […]
Following on from our recent blog Dissatisfied with your MDT outcome? Consider these potential grounds for appeal… now we tell you how to appeal and give some helpful tips. Preparation is the key. However, you can’t make someone eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) if they simply don’t meet the criteria. There is an […]
Following a positive Checklist Assessment, your relative will move on to a formal assessment of their healthcare needs. This formal assessment is conducted by a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) using the NHS’s approved Decision Support Tool (DST). The DST contains the 12 Care Domains and scores the different levels of need in each. The NHS’ appointed […]
This article is based on an older blog which has been updated to help you. We’ve had a lot of new enquirers recently asking how to get the CHC process started… If your relative has a ’primary health need’ i.e. the main purpose of their care is for health needs (as opposed to social care […]
If your relative is immobile, or remains in a sitting or lying position for prolonged periods of time, PLEASE make sure that their skin integrity is regularly assessed for pressure damage! We hear too many sad stories of vulnerable and fragile patients who are left without any adequate pressure care. Failure to address this basic […]
After a full assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC), it is the Multi-Disciplinary Team’s role to make a recommendation to the NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) as to whether or not an individual has a ‘Primary Healthcare Need’. If the recommendation is positive and the individual is found eligible for CHC Funding, the NHS […]
Care home falls are one of the biggest fears and risk factors for fragile and elderly residents. When you place a spouse or relative into a care home, you rely on the care home’s integrity and professionalism to look after your loved one at a time when you are no longer able to. Of course, […]
Not many people know that they can avoid delays and shortcut the standard NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) assessment process by applying for immediate NHS funding using the Fast Track Process. Blog updated 23/03/23: Information fact checked. Links to National Framework updated. Links to supporting articles updated. Fast Track funding is available if your relative […]
In order to qualify for NHS Continuing Health Care Funding (CHC) – free NHS-funded care – you need to establish that you have a ‘Primary Health Care Need’ (PHCN). There is no legal definition of what a PHCN is. But, if the care required is predominately social in nature, for example, your relative needs help […]
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