Posted in News on Mar 4th, 2010
The government has admitted that, despite the introduction of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare in 2007, there are still wide regional variations in the likelihood that a patient will be assessed as eligible for funding. The chances of qualifying for continuing care are up to ten times more in certain areas, including Shropshire, [...]
Posted in News on Jan 20th, 2010
The Department of Health has written to all PCTs and SHAs to remind them that, within the revised National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care, they should be operating a policy of personalised care planning. An updated version of the Framework was published in July 2009 to take account of the increasing [...]
Posted in News on Oct 7th, 2009
The NHS has updated its public information booklet on NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care further to the review of the National Framework that took place from October 2008. The new leaflet reflects the changes made to the National Framework in the revised version that was published in July 2009. Although the [...]
Posted in News on Aug 12th, 2009
The Department of Health has issued a revised version of the National Framework for Continuing Care. The new version was published on 22 July 2009 and will come into effect in October. It replaces the first edition of the Framework that was published in June 2007 and that was in force from October [...]
Posted in News on Jan 20th, 2009
Care services minister Phil Hope reveals that the National Framework for continuing care, introduced in October 2007, has not achieved its goal of abolishing the ‘postcode lottery’ of care in England. There is still widespread variation in the proportion of people who receive funding for long-term care. Figures released by Mr Hope show [...]
