Hello everyone
Just a quick request for feedback from anyone familiar with a CHC Appeal Panel.
We've just had notification of our Appeal Panel date with the CCG following my mum's withdrawal of eligibility for CHC. It'll take place later this month.
I think we're reasonably well prepared in terms of our challenge to the DST markings and the general conduct of the process (for instance, they took a full year after assessment to make a decision to withdraw mum's CHC funding).
The letter from the CCG doesn't provide any additional information other than date / time and a map of the venue - nothing about composition of the panel, how much time we're allocated or how the panel is run.
So my questions to the forum are as follows please:
Likely composition of the panel (who / how many people etc?) Is it fairly formal or informal? (Although in either case, I intend to be very "businesslike" - been there before, caught out by "smiling hyenas"!)
Whether it's a passive or active engagement? (do they usually just take a "the floor is yours approach" or adopt a more "interactive" discussion?)
Anything else / your top-tips
I appreciate these things must vary by CCG, so recognise any info provided will not necessarily apply. Indeed, I think with some CCG's, we wouldn't even be in this position, but this CCG are particularly obtuse and think they're above the NHS' own framework document. For that reason, I don't hold out a lot of hope at this stage, so if necessary we will battle on towards IRP, the Ombudsman and even legal action.
Many thanks as ever.
Just a quick request for feedback from anyone familiar with a CHC Appeal Panel.
We've just had notification of our Appeal Panel date with the CCG following my mum's withdrawal of eligibility for CHC. It'll take place later this month.
I think we're reasonably well prepared in terms of our challenge to the DST markings and the general conduct of the process (for instance, they took a full year after assessment to make a decision to withdraw mum's CHC funding).
The letter from the CCG doesn't provide any additional information other than date / time and a map of the venue - nothing about composition of the panel, how much time we're allocated or how the panel is run.
So my questions to the forum are as follows please:
Likely composition of the panel (who / how many people etc?) Is it fairly formal or informal? (Although in either case, I intend to be very "businesslike" - been there before, caught out by "smiling hyenas"!)
Whether it's a passive or active engagement? (do they usually just take a "the floor is yours approach" or adopt a more "interactive" discussion?)
Anything else / your top-tips
I appreciate these things must vary by CCG, so recognise any info provided will not necessarily apply. Indeed, I think with some CCG's, we wouldn't even be in this position, but this CCG are particularly obtuse and think they're above the NHS' own framework document. For that reason, I don't hold out a lot of hope at this stage, so if necessary we will battle on towards IRP, the Ombudsman and even legal action.
Many thanks as ever.