NHS Continuing Healthcare

NHS Continuing Healthcare

A complete package of ongoing healthcare arranged and funded solely by the NHS for those it deems eligible, which can be provided in any setting. The care is provided in the place where it is most appropriate per the care plan—if the person lives in his or her own home, the NHS will fund all the care and support that he or she have been assessed as needing; if the person lives in a care home, the NHS contracts with the care home and pays all fees, including costs of accommodation and care.
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NHS Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group seeks to commission NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessment and case management service, which means a package of care arranged and funded solely by the NHS where an individual has been assessed to have a primary health need.
Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group Continuing Healthcare (chc) Assessment Service
So serious was her predicament she left hospital with the support of NHS Continuing Healthcare which paid the vast majority of the fees.
Reasons to be wary when planning for old age
We need to find out more about NHS Continuing Healthcare Assessments, which seem to be aimed at saving money rather than providing the help and support that seriously ill and disabled people really need?
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If you or a loved one paid care fees between these dates, it's worth considering whether you may have been eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare as you may then be able to reclaim the fees paid.
Paid care fees in Wales? You may be due a refund, but you must act now; ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE
One option is NHS Continuing Healthcare, where the full cost is paid for by the NHS.
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My mum was fast-tracked to receive NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding three years ago when doctors believed she only had a few months to live," says Edward, 73, a retired businessman.
RIGHT HELP SAVED FAMILY FINANCES; MONEY MATTERS
Around 56,000 long-term sick and disabled people with the highest level of health care needs, who have been assessed as needing NHS Continuing Healthcare, will have the right to ask for a personal health budget from this April.
The bonus of personal health budgets; Some people with long-term healthcare needs will soon be able to spend NHS money on buying a dog, a bike or even a night in a B&B, reports Lisa Salmon
By 2014, all clients receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare will have the right to ask for a personal health budget.
Capita Announce Details of Their National Delivering Personal Budgets Conference
We have specialist knowledge as regards the legal principles that may entitle persons to NHS Continuing Healthcare, and are acting for hundreds of people in Wirral and Liverpool in claims for refunds of care fees.
Will the council claw back my money? Matrix Solicitors Parents often wish to gift their children money before their death, but are there any risks with this? Anthony McKeever, a solicitor from Wirral-based Matrix Solicitors, discusses
Thousands of elderly Scots are forced to sell their homes to pay for care home fees when they could qualify to have costs covered by NHS Continuing Healthcare.
Most of the time mum won't know me now but I sing her favourite song Forever In Blue Jeans and she's back for a few precious minutes; SOAP STAR REVEALS DEMENTIA HEARTACHE - RIVER CITY ACTOR TOM URIE
5 million in the hope that by 2014, it will be available to 56,000 people on the NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme - an initiative for patients who suffer from complex medical conditions who require a lot of care and support.
Personal health budget
WE would like to express our gratitude to the social workers, district nurses, carers from Sevacare, the NHS continuing healthcare team at University Hospital and the nursing and caring team at Sovereign House.
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