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What! You’re enquiring about care funding AND you’ve never heard of CHC??

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 […]

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Apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding if your relative has a ‘primary health need’…

Paying care home fees or paying for full-time care at home? You could be entitled to NHS Continuing Healthcare.

New to NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding? Here’s a guide to the basics you need to know…

Keep this handy: Jargon busting CHC – a quick guide to some of the key terms…

16 useful tips you need to know at the beginning of your CHC journey

Part 2: Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when appealing the MDT decision

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…

Part 1: Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls when appealing the MDT decision

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…

Dissatisfied with your MDT outcome? Consider these potential grounds for appeal...

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…

Understanding The Checklist Assessment

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…
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Skin Integrity: Beware the Danger of Pressure ulcers!

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…

Taking responsibility: Joint Packages of Care

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…

Warning: Falling at a care home. Prevention is better than cure!

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…

How to use the Fast Track Pathway to get immediate Continuing Healthcare Funding within 48 hours!

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…

Establishing A Primary Health Care Need

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…

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