By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal What's the cost of an average length of stay in a care home? One report put it at the equivalent of around 26 years’ worth of annual foreign holidays … [Read more...]
The scandal of illegal top-up fees for NHS Continuing Healthcare
Has the NHS capped your relative's NHS Continuing Healthcare funding? Has their care home said they must pay a "top-up" to pay for "lifestyle" or "hospitality" facilities? If so, your vulnerable … [Read more...]
A successful appeal for one of Just Caring Legal’s clients
Just Caring Legal has won an appeal for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding on behalf of a Northumberland family after exposing a catalogue of flaws in the assessment process. "We won our appeal … [Read more...]
Scandal of NHS Continuing healthcare laid bare on BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire
Now THIS is the TV expose of what is regularly reported as ''the scandal'' of NHS Continuing Healthcare we have been waiting for. We were pleased to see BBC’s Panorama delving into the care crisis … [Read more...]
“Conversion rates” for NHS CHC assessments vary wildly according to region
Conversion rates for NHS CHC assessments vary wildly in England from region to region, according to the latest official statistics. Conversion rates measure the percentage of NHS CHC assessments that … [Read more...]
More CCGs are capping NHS CHC funding, saying they won’t pay for “hotel-style” facilities
We are hearing more and more stories from clients about CCGs capping NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) funding. This is very worrying: NHS CHC should be free at the point of use, in line with the … [Read more...]
Panorama’s terrifying tales from the care front line
It was so good to see BBC's Panorama's shining a light on the terrible things going on in the UK care system recently. The two part series exposed the true extent of the crisis in care funding. We … [Read more...]
“This is possibly one of the biggest financial scandals in the history of the NHS”
“The evidence shows that over the past few years many thousands of old, ill and vulnerable people will have been denied healthcare funding to which they were legally entitled, a total figure probably … [Read more...]
Tens of thousands of older people are dying while waiting for a care package
More than 50,000 people have died while waiting for a care package since spring 2017, according to Age UK. In the same period, over half a million people (626,701) have been refused social care by … [Read more...]
The Greater Manchester postcode lottery for NHS CHC funding
Why are sick and vulnerable people in Salford, Greater Manchester three times as likely to get their day-to-day care for free from the NHS as their neighbours in Bolton? Why are they three times less … [Read more...]
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