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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Continuing Care (21 July 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received NHS Continuing Healthcare in each year since 2009-10.

Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)

Answer

The number of people who have received NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) in each year since 2009/10 is:

Year ending:

Number of people eligible for NHS CHC:

2009/10

50,424

2010/11

53,264

2011/12

55,654

2012/13

58,809

2013/14

60,046

2014/15

62,939

2015/16

59,377

Until 31 March 2013, quarterly data on the number of people in receipt of NHS CHC was collected and published on the Department’s website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-continuing-healthcare

Since 1 April 2013, responsibility for the collection of data for NHS CHC has been transferred to NHS England. Data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC is published quarterly by NHS Digital at:

http://digital.nhs.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=NHS+Continuing+Healthcare+Activity&area=both


Answered by:
David Mowat (Conservative)
5 September 2016

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