Continuing Care
(asked on 18th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards comply with his Department's guidance entitled National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.
The Department is responsible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) policy, legislation and guidance on the ‘National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care’. This guidance sets out clear processes for NHS CHC assessment that all integrated care boards (ICBs) must follow, and is available at the following link:
Operational delivery of NHS CHC is the responsibility of ICBs, with oversight from NHS England. NHS England’s functions include ensuring that local systems operate effectively and holding non-compliant ICBs to account.
NHS England has an assurance regime in place to ensure that individuals are assessed for NHS CHC in a timely manner and that these assessments are undertaken at the right time and in the right place. This ensures an accurate assessment, equal access, standardisation, and consistency within NHS CHC.