Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70827

Continuing Care

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Mohammad Yasin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) review and (b) update the NHS Continuing Healthcare guidance to ensure that mobility assessments fully consider the impact of severe dementia and other cognitive impairments on an pe

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

There are no plans to update NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) guidance regarding mobility assessments or specialist assessments by dementia nurses. The CHC assessment process is supported by the Decision Support Tool. This provides practitioners with a way...

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