NHS Continuing Healthcare

NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) is care provision for adults aged 18 or over which is health needs related, rather than social care. Qualifying for this care is based on a legally prescribed decision making process to determine whether the individual has a primary health need.

What is a primary health need?

Put simply, an individual has a primary health need if, having taken into account all their health and social care needs, it can be said that the main aspects or majority of the care they require is focused on addressing or preventing health needs.

What are our priorities?

Our priority in Lincolnshire’s CHC team is to provide the very best quality of care for people in our county who have a primary health need, in the most appropriate way. NHS CHC can be provided in a variety of settings outside hospital, such as in your home or in a registered care home, and our assessment process will work with the person needing the care, their family and loved ones, as well as expert partners to deliver that.

Find out more information:

• Who is eligible for NHS CHC?
• Frequently asked questions
• Refunds, appeals and complaints
• Children’s and young people’s continuing care
• Personal Health Budgets
• Funded Nursing Care
• Care and support planning
• NHS CHC Domains (areas of need)
• The assessment process
• Contact the CHC Team

Here is the updated public information leaflet on CHC and Personal Health Budgets. 

Explainer animation video on NHS CHC

The video transcript and video description are also available.