Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect in real terms of the change to the NHS Continuing Healthcare budget by 2020-21.

It is estimated that spending on NHS Continuing Healthcare will increase by over 20% by 2020/21, or an average of approximately 3.9% per year. This is equivalent to approximately 1.7% per year in real terms.

NHS Continuing Healthcare is funded by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) from their overall revenue allocations. It is for CCGs to make decisions on funding based on the needs of their local populations, however, when someone is assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, CCGs are responsible for funding the full care package to meet their assessed needs.