Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of continuing healthcare funding appeals have been successful in each of the last three years.
The proportion of continuing healthcare funding appeals that have been successful in each of the last three years is shown in the following tables:
Requests for Reviews of Eligibility Decisions – Local Resolution
Financial year | Number of requests for Local Resolution completed | Of which, number of requests for Local Resolution found eligible | Proportion of requests for Local Resolution found eligible |
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2017/18 | No data | No data | No data |
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2018/19 | 3,297 | 623 | 19% |
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2019/20 | 2,489 | 449 | 18% |
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Requests for Reviews of Eligibility Decisions – Independent Review
Financial year | Number of Independent Reviews completed | Of which, number of Independent Reviews found partially or fully eligible | Proportion of Independent Reviews found partially or fully eligible |
2017/18 | 690 | 121 | 18% |
2018/19 | 875 | 197 | 23% |
2019/20 | 1,402 | 386 | 28% |
We have interpreted the request for information regarding ‘continuing healthcare funding appeals’ as a request for data on both the Local Resolution and Independent Review processes in relation to the review of eligibility decisions.
We do not hold information on the number of Local Resolution requests prior to 2018/19.
Data for Local Resolution requests for 2019/20 is only available for Quarters 1 to 3 and therefore does not give a complete picture for this financial year.