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Closing the continuing care retrospective review process

  • Document type:
    Dear colleague letter
  • Author:
    Department of Health; David Nicholson
  • Published date:
    31 July 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Health and social care professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    8594
  • Pages:
    1
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

Following discussions with the Health Service Ombudsman, David Nicholson has written to NHS colleagues, to inform them that the retrospective review process for continuing care, started in 2004, should be drawn to a close. New pre-2004 cases should be submitted to SHAs by 30 November 2007.

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