Chemmy
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NB: I would like to point out that this thread is not intended to be a prescriptive guide on how to apply for or obtain CHC funding . It's an opportunity for members to share experiences, which will naturally be anecdotal, and as such, any information should always be verified by consulting official sources.
The Alzheimers Society has produced a booklet When does the NHS pay for care?
and the Department of Health publishes its NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist
According to the NHS Choices website, CHC is a package of continuing care provided outside hospital, arranged and funded solely by the NHS, for people with ongoing healthcare needs.
The phrase that crops up time after time is ‘primary health need’. Google that as much as you like or ask about it on here, but I’ve yet to see an answer which spells out in simple terms what it actually means in practise. So the idea of this thread is to cut through the gobbledegook so that those of us who are not experts can try and establish if the person we’re caring for might be eligible.
So, starting with the basics:
the checklist appears to be the tool used by professionals to establish whether or not the patient should be referred for a full assessment
Looking at it, there appears to be 11 main sections
Behaviour*
Cognition
Psychological/Emotional
Communication
Mobility
Nutrition
Continence
Skin Integrity
Breathing*
Drug therapies and medication: symptom control*
Altered states of consciousness*
each of which is assessed in three categories: A, B & C, which, in simple terms, I would sum up as being
A: severe
B: difficult, but managable
C: not present
It appears that you qualify for a full assessment for NHS continuing healthcare if there are:
two or more As
five or more Bs
one A and four Bs
one A, if marked with an asterisk *
This asterisk bit is interesting as it would explain why people whose behaviour is highly unpredictable seem to qualify for CHC even though their communication and continence issues, for example, are less severe than others who are turned down.
I apologise in advance to anyone who finds this interpretation too simplistic and I’m quite happy to be corrected if I’ve got things wrong. However, as the title suggests, the purpose of this thread is to allow those of us who haven’t got to grips with the fine details of CHC the opportunity to ‘ask the b****** obvious’ and to have it explained, if possible, in laymen’s terms.
I would be very interested to hear from people who have been awarded CHC what it was that tipped the balance in their favour.
What medical conditions do you have to have to get an A?
Equally interesting, what medical conditions were classified as not severe enough to get an A?
The Alzheimers Society has produced a booklet When does the NHS pay for care?
and the Department of Health publishes its NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist
According to the NHS Choices website, CHC is a package of continuing care provided outside hospital, arranged and funded solely by the NHS, for people with ongoing healthcare needs.
The phrase that crops up time after time is ‘primary health need’. Google that as much as you like or ask about it on here, but I’ve yet to see an answer which spells out in simple terms what it actually means in practise. So the idea of this thread is to cut through the gobbledegook so that those of us who are not experts can try and establish if the person we’re caring for might be eligible.
So, starting with the basics:
the checklist appears to be the tool used by professionals to establish whether or not the patient should be referred for a full assessment
Looking at it, there appears to be 11 main sections
Behaviour*
Cognition
Psychological/Emotional
Communication
Mobility
Nutrition
Continence
Skin Integrity
Breathing*
Drug therapies and medication: symptom control*
Altered states of consciousness*
each of which is assessed in three categories: A, B & C, which, in simple terms, I would sum up as being
A: severe
B: difficult, but managable
C: not present
It appears that you qualify for a full assessment for NHS continuing healthcare if there are:
two or more As
five or more Bs
one A and four Bs
one A, if marked with an asterisk *
This asterisk bit is interesting as it would explain why people whose behaviour is highly unpredictable seem to qualify for CHC even though their communication and continence issues, for example, are less severe than others who are turned down.
I apologise in advance to anyone who finds this interpretation too simplistic and I’m quite happy to be corrected if I’ve got things wrong. However, as the title suggests, the purpose of this thread is to allow those of us who haven’t got to grips with the fine details of CHC the opportunity to ‘ask the b****** obvious’ and to have it explained, if possible, in laymen’s terms.
I would be very interested to hear from people who have been awarded CHC what it was that tipped the balance in their favour.
What medical conditions do you have to have to get an A?
Equally interesting, what medical conditions were classified as not severe enough to get an A?
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