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 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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