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A National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care in England: response to consultation

  • Launch date:
    19 June 2006
  • Closing date:
    26 September 2006
  • Creator/s:
    Department of Health
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown
  • Gateway number:
    8446
  • Outcome published:
    26 June 2007

The consultation detailed proposals for a National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care in England.

The framework is intended to:

  • set a single policy on who should receive NHS funding, be that fully funded NHS continuing healthcare (where the NHS funds the whole care package) or NHS-funded nursing care (where the NHS is responsible for the nursing required from a registered nurse in a care home)
  • establish a standard process for assessing eligibility for these services, to help support consistent decision-making

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