NHS Continuing Care Debate
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Jim Shannon
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NHS Continuing Care
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Norman Lamb
The hon. Lady might well be right. That does not justify the variations, but it is a possible explanation for part of the problem.
Secondly, the number of people nationally who are found to be eligible is falling. The National Audit Office found that the proportion of people assessed as eligible for standard continuing healthcare by CCGs reduced from 34% in 2011-12 to 29% in 2015-16.
Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that home care packages must be better funded so that people can live independently at home, while still being cleaned and cared for, but that that is extremely difficult due to the finance available?