Official Statistics
NHS Continuing Healthcare Activity: England, Quarter 2, 2016 to 2017
NHS Continuing Healthcare Activity Statistics for England by CCG.
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NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is a package of care (outside hospital) arranged and funded solely by the NHS where the individual has been found to have a ‘primary health need’ as set out in the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care.
Such care is provided to an individual aged 18 or over, to meet needs that have arisen as a result of disability, accident, or illness.
NHS CHC can be provided in range of settings including a care home, hospice or a person’s own home.
Published 17 January 2017