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Care Fees & Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Seeking NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (the funding for care home fees)? Our Lawyer and Nurse team, armed with expert medical knowledge, is your optimal choice.
Our commitment to a fair process sets us apart—no agency nurses, only in-house expertise for top-notch advocacy.
Additionally, we champion the rights of individuals with complex needs. In cases where intricacies may lead to penalties, we navigate the complexities closely with families and care providers.
We ensure a comprehensive understanding of needs using NHS documentation for eligibility assessment. With our in-house expertise, we're well-equipped to handle cases involving adults with complex needs seeking NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding.
Whether initiating or facing challenges, we're here for you.
Who this is for?
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Elderly
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Children that need additional care
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Neurodiverse Adults
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Complex Needs
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Process Overview
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First step;
Find out if you or your relative are likely to qualify for funding.
There are two options to establish whether you have a potential claim to have your care costs met, we can either:
1. Visit you or your relative at home or in the care setting, following which we will advise on the likelihood of being awarded Continuing Healthcare Funding.
2. Alternatively, we can gather information from relevant health professionals, caresettings (in the form of care notes) and speak with the family to establish whetherfunding is likely to be granted.
After we have undertaken the initial review we will provide you with a full report on how we believe any application is likely to result. If there is a good case to be made for funding to be awarded the application process is started by completion of a Checklist Assessment by a District Nurse or someone involved in delivering care. For more detailed information on the Checklist stage, click here.
Second step;
Apply for funding and we’ll advocate for you during the assessment.
If the Checklist indicates that the application should proceed to a full assessment of eligibility, then we will advocate at the assessment which is undertaken by a Registered Nurse and a Representative from Adult Social Care. This is a lengthy assessment designed to test if the applicant can establish that they have a Primary Health Need. For more information on the Decision Support Tool stage click here.
Third step;
Appeal any decision not to award funding if appropriate.
It is not uncommon for funding to be refused in circumstance which we firmly believe are unjust. In these cases there are a number of stages of appeal. Initially the appeal is heard by the Clinical Commissioning Group who first undertook the assessment, if the appeal at this stage is unsuccessful, then a further appeal lies with NHS England before an Independent Review Panel. For more information on the various appeal stages click here.
If Continuing Healthcare Funding is awarded, then it will be reviewed if there is a change in need but it is usually reviewed three months after it being awarded and thereafter every 12 months. If you would like to know more about reviews click here.