What is Continuing NHS Health care?
A package of care arranged and funded solely by the NHS, which can be received in hospital, nursing home or at the individual’s home.
What does Continuing NHS Health Care mean for the Patient?
If the NHS fully funds continuing care in a Care Home, the patient does not have to make any contribution to the cost of that care.
If not NHS funded, the patient funds much of the care himself; or it is funded by a local authority social services department, with the patient being expected to contribute according their means.
A placement in a Care Home costs between £400.00 and £600.00 per week. The weekly cost is in-creased if the patient requires Elderly Mentally Infirmed nursing care.
