Continuing Care
(asked on 19th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people receive NHS continuing healthcare provided by (a) a local government unit and (b) a clinical commissioning group.
This question was answered on 6th September 2017
When a person is assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) their assessed health and care needs are funded by their local clinical commissioning group.
The total number of people eligible for CHC as at 31 March 2017 was 57,773. Of these 17,305 were assessed as eligible through the Fast Track Pathway Tool, and 40,468 through the standard CHC assessment process.