Please remember that the form filled in by the hospital is only a preliminary checklist to see whether he
may get CHC. The panel will be looking at everything in much more detail.
This is the checklist
Screening tool to help identify individuals who may need a referral for a full assessment of eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare.
www.gov.uk
And this is the decision support tool that the panel aught to follow in making the decision
Supports application of the national framework for continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.
www.gov.uk
As you can see, it is a much larger and more detailed document. The panel will be looking at 12 different domains (categories) and there are up to 6 levels of severity in each domain. In order to get CHC you need either one Priority need (the highest) or 2 Severe needs (the next one down). Not all the domains can score that high, though - for example Continence (one of the domains) can only score a High.
Although the document is long, it is worth reading - especially the definitions of the different domains and their levels.