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“Can anyone tell me, if I’m claiming back money and interest, what would be the interest rate I should be claiming?” Thank you Dawn for raising this topical question on our Facebook recently. If you have made a retrospective claim against your local Clinical and ‘won’ – ie you have been found eligible for NHS […]
We know that certain parts of the country are more likely to award NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) than others. This is often referred to as the ‘postcode’ lottery. Where you live can increase or decrease your chances of receiving CHC Funding from the NHS. CHC Funding is assessed and paid for by the NHS, via […]
With the COVID pandemic on the rise again, there remains an urgent need for the NHS to discharge patients from hospital as quickly as possible in order to free up beds. To incentivise quicker hospital discharge, the Government has put in place a COVID discharge funding scheme to help patients going into care. Did you […]
You can make a retrospective claim to recover care fees that were incorrectly charged if your relative meets the eligibility criteria for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) as set out in the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding and NHS-funded Nursing Care (2018). Background history To draw a line under its pipeline of retrospective […]
If you missed this article in last week’s Daily Express (26th October), you can read it in full below: Sick pensioners threaten to sue Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the NHS for £5BILLION…
Retired Admiral Philip Mathias, former submarine Commander and director of nuclear policy at the Ministry of Defence, is rallying public support for his ongoing £5bn legal battle against the Government and NHS England. He is seeking to hold them to account on behalf of thousands of individuals who have been wrongly denied CHC funding and […]
Top-up fees are back in the public domain again as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reported to have reached an agreement with Care UK to repay its residents more than £1m for unfairly charged…
If your relative is about to be discharged from hospital to a care or nursing home or other care facility or is already residing in such a care setting then read on… Front page headline, Daily Telegraph 18/09/20: “Hospitals told to clear beds for Covid spike in two weeks” included the following: “Hospitals and councils […]
From 1st September 2020, the Government has instructed Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to restart their retrospective appeals. Retrospective appeals look at whether an individual was historically entitled to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC). If found eligible on appeal, they should have all their care fees that were paid during the period of eligibility refunded by […]
Many people miss out on FNC – Funded Nursing Care – and yet it’s a tax-free, non means-tested benefit that is provided by the NHS for people living in a care home (registered to provide nursing care) or nursing home. FNC is a contribution to the cost of their nursing care provided by a registered nurse employed […]
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