petition.parliament.uk/petitions/114241
Hi,
Dementia is a horrible disease. I have personal experiences of the lottery of NHS funding for dementia patients due to my husband having both Vascular and Lewy body dementia.
It is concerning that there is any disparity between different responsible NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in terms of NHS funding for care home costs, known as continuing healthcare funding, and shocking to learn that patients are 18 times more likely to have their care funded in some parts of England than others.
Please sign my petition to persuade Government to apply the primary care need more equitably to Mental Health criteria.
If in addition you could ask your MP about this, that would be wonderful.
The threshold for full NHS Continuing Care funding in dementia is high, and may be withdrawn if needs reduce.
Though you may ask, as I did, how can needs reduce, the NHS has the impression that dementia disease can get better, go figure.
There is no legal definition of a health need, but for the purpose of NHS Continuing Healthcare it has been defined as:
‘one related to the treatment, control or prevention of a disease, illness, injury or disability and the care or aftercare of a person with these needs (whether or not the tasks involved have to be carried out by a health professional)’.
By this definition it is obvious that dementia patients qualify for full funding for their care.
Elements of the new Care Act came into effect in England on 1st April 2015. If a person has care needs that are beyond the local authority’s legal remit for care provision, the NHS should still provide and pay for all care – with no means testing. Also, in any new social care assessment, the assessor MUST take account of potential eligibility for Continuing Healthcare.
This should in theory mean greater fairness but it isn't happening. Yet!
Please sign my petition so that the government has to debate this in public.
It may be in your or someone you love's best interests.
Also if you could share or investigate that would be great.
Thanks
Hi,
Dementia is a horrible disease. I have personal experiences of the lottery of NHS funding for dementia patients due to my husband having both Vascular and Lewy body dementia.
It is concerning that there is any disparity between different responsible NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in terms of NHS funding for care home costs, known as continuing healthcare funding, and shocking to learn that patients are 18 times more likely to have their care funded in some parts of England than others.
Please sign my petition to persuade Government to apply the primary care need more equitably to Mental Health criteria.
If in addition you could ask your MP about this, that would be wonderful.
The threshold for full NHS Continuing Care funding in dementia is high, and may be withdrawn if needs reduce.
Though you may ask, as I did, how can needs reduce, the NHS has the impression that dementia disease can get better, go figure.
There is no legal definition of a health need, but for the purpose of NHS Continuing Healthcare it has been defined as:
‘one related to the treatment, control or prevention of a disease, illness, injury or disability and the care or aftercare of a person with these needs (whether or not the tasks involved have to be carried out by a health professional)’.
By this definition it is obvious that dementia patients qualify for full funding for their care.
Elements of the new Care Act came into effect in England on 1st April 2015. If a person has care needs that are beyond the local authority’s legal remit for care provision, the NHS should still provide and pay for all care – with no means testing. Also, in any new social care assessment, the assessor MUST take account of potential eligibility for Continuing Healthcare.
This should in theory mean greater fairness but it isn't happening. Yet!
Please sign my petition so that the government has to debate this in public.
It may be in your or someone you love's best interests.
Also if you could share or investigate that would be great.
Thanks