Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients were in receipt of continuing healthcare payments from Somerset Health Authority in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (6) 2019.

Data on NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) payments is not held currently, but NHS England collects data on the total number of cases eligible for NHS CHC during each year. This includes newly eligible individuals and individuals who were already eligible at the start of the period. The following table provides the total numbers eligible for both Standard and Fast Track NHS CHC for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19. ‘Category of payment’ has been interpreted to mean the split of total NHS CHC by Standard NHS CHC and Fast Track.

Data relating to 2010/11 has not been included as formal mandatory data collection was not in place at this time and is therefore not comparable to the more robust data collected subsequently.

‘Somerset Health Authority’ is not a recognised organisation. Data is therefore provided for Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19.

Data relating to 2010/11 has not been included as formal mandatory data collection was not in place at this time and is therefore not comparable to the more robust data collected subsequently. In addition, 2010/11 data pre-dates the existence of CCGs and relates to primary care trusts, meaning that comparison at organisational level is not possible.