Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99029

Continuing Care: Standards

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 30 December 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal DemocratSurrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of consistency of NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments across (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Operational delivery of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) with oversight from NHS England. The Department’s statutory guidance on CHC supports practitioners to undertake assessments and deliver CHC appr...

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