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Recently the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made an adjustment to the terminology of paragraph 59 of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NF). The new version of paragraph 59 states: The old version of paragraph 59 was as follows: While this amendment potentially does not change the core meaning of the section of the NF and in fact emphasises the link between the primary health need test and the quantity and quality test established in the Coughlan judgement, it now appears to specifically state that ‘Part A’ of the test only applies …read more
In detail: July 2022 updates to the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care
On 1 July 2022 an updated version of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC) came into use. Read our article giving a short summary of these updates and explaining their impact. Below is a more detailed study of these changes. Transfer of statutory responsibilities to Integrated Care Boards The revised National Framework recognises legislative changes brought about by the new Health and Care Act 2022, which establishes Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) as the statutory bodies responsible for CHC. In most cases this means a simple change from Clinical Commissioning …read more