Guidance

NHS continuing healthcare checklist

Screening tool to help identify individuals who may need a referral for a full assessment of eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 1 March 2018
• Last updated: 27 October 2022
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  1. 27 October 2022

     Added HTML, PDF, Word and ODT versions of the guidance and referral form, including accessible versions.

  2. 30 May 2022

     Updated to reflect changes to the national framework in 2022. Equalities monitoring questions brought in line with the latest NHS England patient level data set (launched in April 2022).

  3. 1 March 2018

     First published.

Documents

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance

HTML

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with referral form)

PDF, 215 KB, 24 pages

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with referral form)

MS Word Document, 163 KB

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with referral form)

ODT, 108 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with accessible form)

PDF, 192 KB, 36 pages

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with accessible form)

MS Word Document, 122 KB

NHS continuing healthcare checklist guidance (with accessible form)

ODT, 101 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form

PDF, 143 KB, 19 pages

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form

MS Word Document, 76.3 KB

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form

ODT, 26.7 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form (accessible version)

PDF, 122 KB, 29 pages

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form (accessible version)

MS Word Document, 44.7 KB

NHS continuing healthcare checklist referral form (accessible version)

ODT, 20.6 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

All staff completing the checklist need to be familiar with the principles of the national framework for continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.

A form for completion by the referring clinician is included in the main guidance document. Accessible versions of the guidance and form are published alongside.