Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18878

Continuing Care: Dorset

Tabled: 10 December 2024

Answered: 16 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a maximum time within which applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding to NHS Dorset must be actioned; and whether redress is available to applicants whose applications hav

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Statutory guidance and assurance regimes are in place in respect of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) so that people are assessed and receive care in a timely way. NHS CHC guidance sets the expectation that the overall assessment and eligibility decision-ma...

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