Guidance

NHS continuing healthcare fast-track pathway tool

Identify individuals who need to be fast-tracked for immediate provision of NHS continuing healthcare.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 1 March 2018
• Last updated: 23 August 2022
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  1. 23 August 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

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance

HTML

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance

PDF, 164 KB, 12 pages

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance

MS Word Document, 147 KB

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance

ODT, 95.6 KB

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance (with accessible form)

PDF, 138 KB, 15 pages

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance (with accessible form)

MS Word Document, 135 KB

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare guidance (with accessible form)

ODT, 93.2 KB

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form

PDF, 45.9 KB, 6 pages

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form

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Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form (accessible version)

PDF, 70.8 KB, 8 pages

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form (accessible version)

MS Word Document, 34.9 KB

Fast-track pathway tool for NHS continuing healthcare referral form (accessible version)

ODT, 11.1 KB

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Details

Use this tool to identify individuals who need to be fast-tracked for immediate provision of NHS continuing healthcare due to a rapidly deteriorating condition that may be entering a terminal phase.

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.