Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71287
Dementia: Continuing Care
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include specialist assessments by dementia nurses as standard evidence in NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility decisions.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThere 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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