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Were you told about the Multi-Disciplinary Meeting taking place?

We recently learned about a Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting (MDT) to assess an individual’s eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding (CHC) which took place in a hospital. Whilst quite permissible, a hospital setting for an assessment is now considered far from ideal. According to paragraph 109 of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded […]

April 29, 2019 by

Maria’s story

We acted for a family on behalf of their late mother, who we shall refer to as ‘Maria’ for anonymity purposes, and were instructed to retrospectively recover care fees that were wrongly paid to the care home. We first wrote to the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) with our initial Letter of Claim on 26th September […]

April 25, 2019 by
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Case Study – Diane’s story:

Farley Dwek acted for a client on behalf of her late mother (let’s call her ‘Diane’ for anonymity and the purposes of this article), and successfully recovered care home fees in excess of £170,000 including interest, that were improperly charged over a 6 year period. Having saved all her life and paid taxes, when at […]

February 28, 2019 by

Negligence claims for falling out of a hospital bed

It is a sad but common fact that unfortunately, as people become more elderly and frail, they tend to be less steady on their feet and fall more frequently. If unlucky, they can sustain nasty injuries – usually to their hip, shoulder or arm, which necessitates hospital admission sometimes followed by surgery. Whilst helping families […]

September 18, 2018 by
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Rejected CHC Funding Because Needs Are Stable And Predictable

Rejected CHC Funding. My Relative Has Been Rejected For Funding Because Their Needs Are “Stable And Predictable” Following on from the previous blog, the NHS may seek to evade responsibility for paying care fees by suggesting that the patient’s needs are stable and predictable. This rebuff by the NHS in rejecting an application for NHS […]

June 9, 2018 by
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Am I Eligible For CHC Funding If My Relatives Needs Are Well Managed?

Am I Eligible For CHC Funding? Misconceptions – My Relatives Needs Are “Well Managed” And Therefore I Am Told They Are Not Eligible For Nhs Continuing Healthcare Funding Is This Correct? In previous blogs we have discussed what is a ‘Primary Health need’ and what may be classed as a ‘social care needs’. The former […]

June 1, 2018 by