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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

Getting started with CHC? How does the CHECKLIST work

If you have a friend, patient, client or relative with complex or challenging healthcare needs, they may be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) - free funded care provided by the NHS to pay for all their assessed healthcare…
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Read this if your relative is about to be discharged from hospital into care…

Is your relative about to be discharged from hospital into care? In this article we take a look back over the last 10 years to see how the NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) process upon discharge from hospital has changed, and how it can…

Retrospective claims for CHC Funding - are you getting reimbursed the right amount?

Retrospective claims for CHC Funding - Claim back monies already paid. NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) is free funded care paid by the NHS for individuals who have a ‘primary health need’. If you meet the CHC assessment criteria…

Appealing a negative MDT Assessment - our tips to avoid common mistakes

What are your options if your relative has been assessed by a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT Assessment) who recommended they were eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding, but the ICB has since rejected that recommendation, and refused…

Never count your chickens… Why MDT assessments are still a cause for concern!

If your relative has passed the initial Checklist stage and is awaiting their full assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), they will be invited to a Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting (MDT) which will consider their eligibility for…

Do you have Power of Attorney to look after a vulnerable relative?

Have you considered Power of Attorney so that you can care for your partner, spouse or an elderly relative not necessarily just in their advancing years, but at any time when they can’t do so for themselves? Who will make day-to-day…

Tears within Tiers: Part 2 - The stages of making an application for CHC Funding

There are a number of tiers, or stages, to go through when you are making/appealing a decision for Continuing Health Care Funding (CHC). Each one can cause tears! The tiers to success are in sequential order. In Tears within Tiers Part…

Tears within Tiers: Part 1 - The stages of making an application for CHC Funding

There are a number of tiers, or stages, to go through when you are making/appealing a decision for Continuing Health Care Funding (CHC). Each one can cause tears! Below are the various stages and the potential frustrations that you might…

CHECK to see if you are entitled to reclaim your care home fees?

Did you know that you may be able to reclaim your care home fees? Not many people know that they may have already paid care home fees unnecessarily over a long period, and may be entitled to a full refund, plus interest! If your relative…

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