Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81028

Integrated Care Boards: Standards

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional variations in the proportion of NHS Continuing Healthcare applications that are approved; and what steps he is taki

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department works closely with NHS England to monitor levels of regional variation in eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This includes NHS England implementing an operational assurance regime across regions which promotes accurate assessm...

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