PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Continuing Care: Fees and Charges (12 October 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)
Answer
Payment for an NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ is only made for cases assessed as eligible.
As described in a public letter from the former NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, dated 15 March 2012, deadlines were introduced for requests for an assessment for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012.
The number of requests for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012 that were outstanding at the end of the previous 12 months are as follows:
Month | Requests outstanding |
September 2017 | 0 |
August 2017 | 0 |
July 2017 | 0 |
June 2017 | 0 |
May 2017 | 0 |
April 2017 | 3 |
March 2017 | 22 |
February 2017 | 78 |
January 2017 | 178 |
December 2016 | 607 |
November 2016 | 901 |
October 2016 | 1,498 |
Information is not held on the number of outstanding requests for an assessment for an NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ from April 2012 onwards.
Answered by:
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
20 October 2017
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