If you're looking for an honest appraisal that will determine NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding eligibility for your loved one, we can help. We can advise you on all aspects of the process and provide you with bespoke advice about the potential for making a claim.
How Does Determining Healthcare Funding Eligibility Work?
When you instruct us, we will talk you through everything we need from you to determine healthcare funding eligibility. We will then review your clinical evidence, such as care home and medical records. This will allow us to properly assess your loved one’s healthcare funding eligibility. This also includes assessing whether your loved one may have been eligible at any point in the past.
What Do We Need to Advise You?
We will usually ask you to provide us with copies of all relevant clinical evidence, such as care home records and GP records. Alternatively, we can take steps to obtain them for you.
The evidence required to undertake a comprehensive assessment will vary from case to case. No individual’s health and social care needs are the same, so we need to assess each instance on a case-by-case basis. Care home and GP records are helpful when we are assessing healthcare funding eligibility.
When Should I Use this Service?
If you need guidance on the possibility of making a successful application for Continuing Healthcare Funding, or if you’re wondering whether to pursue a retrospective claim, our experts are on hand to offer clear advice. We can obtain your loved one’s records and provide you with specific advice.
If there is a claim to pursue, the review can help to equip you with the information you need to present your case in the best possible way. If it transpires that a claim is not viable, having expert legal advice from the get-go can save you a lot of time, energy and expense in pursuing a claim.
How Much Does It Cost to Assess Healthcare Funding Eligibility?
You only pay us for the time we spend on your case. We will consider all the evidence you have presented to us. A fee estimate will then be provided to you based on your specific circumstances. This is so that you can make an informed decision about whether you wish to proceed.
Healthcare Funding Eligibility Determination Client Case Studies
I was told about Continuing Healthcare Funding by a friend and then did some research online. My aunt had been in a nursing home for several years before she died and I was considering making a retrospective claim to see if her care fees should be refunded to her estate. I contacted James for advice and he recommended that we obtain my aunt’s care home records for review. This led to James offering to act for me on a no win no fee basis, and we recovered just over £60,000 for my mum’s estate. It was good to get James’ appraisal of the evidence before committing to the claim, which took 19 months to resolve from start to finish.
I instructed James to review my mum’s care home records and advise me if he thought my mum would be eligible for Continuing Healthcare. Although unfortunately his advice wasn’t to proceed with a claim, I have a much clearer idea of what to look out for in my mum as her condition progresses and when it might be worthwhile seeking an assessment. I appreciate that James was honest with me and I can now move on.
