NHS continuing healthcare (CHC) and NHS-funded nursing care (FNC

NHS CHC is a package of care for adults aged 18 or over that is arranged and funded solely by the NHS.

In order to receive NHS CHC funding, individuals have to be assessed by integrated care boards (ICBs) according to a legally prescribed decisionmaking process to determine whether the individual has a ‘primary health need’.

NHS-FNC is when the NHS pays for the nursing care component of nursing home fees. The NHS pays a flat rate directly to the care home towards the cost of this nursing care.

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

Northamptonshire ICB is responsible for assessing eligibility for NHS CHC and NHS-FNC, according to the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing Care 2022. The ICB will identify, arrange and fund services required to meet your eligible needs:

• If you are registered with a GP in

Northamptonshire.

• If you are assessed as eligible for NHS CHC.

• For the healthcare part of a joint package of care.

If you are receiving care in your own home, see page 8 for more about the Personal Health Budget (PHB) to meet your needs. Alternatively, full detail of PHBs can be found at www.england.nhs.uk by searching ‘personal health budgets in NHS continuing healthcare’.

Further information about CHC can be found at

www.icnorthamptonshire.org.uk/ continuing-healthcare

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