Guidance

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool

Supports application of the national framework for continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.

• 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 decision support tool guidance

HTML

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with referral form)

PDF, 423 KB, 49 pages

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with referral form)

MS Word Document, 289 KB

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with referral form)

ODT, 265 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with accessible form)

PDF, 613 KB, 74 pages

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with accessible form)

MS Word Document, 282 KB

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool guidance (with accessible form)

ODT, 257 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form

PDF, 194 KB, 36 pages

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form

MS Word Document, 71.1 KB

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form

ODT, 41.2 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form (accessible version)

PDF, 313 KB, 61 pages

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form (accessible version)

MS Word Document, 55.6 KB

NHS continuing healthcare decision support tool referral form (accessible version)

ODT, 33.7 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Supports practitioners in applying the national framework for continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.

The tool supports the making of consistent evidence-based recommendations and decisions on eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare. All staff using the tool need to be familiar with the principles of the national framework.

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.