We have been receiving an increased number of enquiries recently regarding top-up fees and whether they are lawful in circumstances where the patient is already receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding. According to the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (paragraph 51): “NHS care is free at the point of delivery. The funding provided by the […]
We have recently had a lot of telephone calls enquiring about the NHS continuing healthcare funding Checklist procedure and what it entails. Most of our enquiries relating to this topic come from people whose elderly parents are currently in hospital and are about to be discharged to a care home or nursing home environment; or […]
THOUSANDS of vulnerable and elderly people who should have their care costs covered by the NHS are completely unaware funding is available. A national poll commissioned by Farley Dwek Solicitors found that 87 per cent of people did not know about NHS continuing healthcare – funding that exists to cover the care costs of those […]
People often ask us if they will be means tested for care home fees and assume that their relatives or loved ones are ineligible for Continuing Healthcare Funding on the basis that they have substantial assets or capital which would preclude them from obtaining NHS Funding. The simple answer is that this is a matter […]
I have thought long and hard over the 8 years about the assistance with care home fees we provide to families about how best to offer this support. This is something which families ought to be able to do on their own and yet the process is made to be so complicated, drawn out and […]
Here at Farley Dwek Solicitors, we are passionate about NHS Continuing Healthcare funding (NHS CHC). We believe that everyone should understand what NHS CHC is and why they might be entitled to claim it. So, what is NHS CHC and how and why should you claim it? There are two types of NHS CHC claims: […]
1. ‘I have been told that You have to be at death’s door to receive it’ I wish I had a pound for every time someone has said this to me! It is not true that you have to be but of course if you are then you are likely to qualify for fast track […]
In a nutshell, NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding is funding which is provided by the NHS to pay in full for the long-term care costs of those individuals who meet the criteria for it. It is dependent upon having complex and high level medical and or nursing care needs. Eligibility is determined by reference to a […]
The NHS has admitted that it will pay out over £250 million in back dated care cost claims in the next 12 months. Farley Dwek provided the BBC with the story of our client Christopher Andrews who, along with thousands more families, is experiencing severe delays in recovering unfairly paid care home fees. See the […]
More than one million people in the UK have sold their homes to pay for care for themselves or loved ones, according to a report by insurer NFU Mutual. But for tens of thousands of people, this struggle to pay healthcare bills could have been avoided. The NHS has a little-known funding programme called NHS […]
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