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NHS continuing care
— sixth report, Health Committee, of session 2004-05: Volume 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence | | Author(s) | David Hinchliffe |
| Corporate Author | Health Committee, House of Commons |
| Publisher | The Stationery Office, London, 12 April 2005 |
| Pages | 50 pp (HC 399-I Session 2004-05) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Health services ; Services ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The term NHS continuing care means fully funded care for people who do not require care in an NHS acute hospital, but who nevertheless require a high degree of ongoing health care. This report. identifies some key problems and issues: the separation of health and social care; the need for a set of national eligibility criteria; and the existing continuing care eligibility criteria and their implementation. Specifically, there are problems in translating policy into practice. For example, the Single Assessment Process (SAP) was intended to integrate assessment processes across health and social care, to ensure that older people were given a high-quality multi-disciplinary assessment of their needs. Evidence to the Committee suggests that SAP is not being implemented consistently. The report also covers the retrospective review of funding decisions (following the Ombudsman's 2002 recommendations) and the Registered Nursing Care Contribution (RNCC) system. The Committee recommends that, in the forthcoming review of the system of NHS continuing care funding, not only should the views of NHS bodies and local authorities be taken into account, but also those of patients, carers and professionals. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-050517201 B |
| Classmark | L4: L: I: 4Q: QC: 6OA |
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