Continuing Health Care (CHC) Network

Claudia Brown

Karen Scarsbrook

Co-chair: Karen Scarsbrook, NHS England, CHC London Lead

Co-chair: Claudia Brown, Divisional Director Adult Social Care, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Membership: This network is open to Continuing Health Care leads in Local Authorities and CCGs / CSUs

Key Aims for 2020/21

• Support local health and social care systems to undertake the NHS CHC activity related to the COVID-19 emergency period between 19 March and 31 August 2020, and any assessments that have been deferred as a result of the COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Service
• Support local health and social care systems to jointly plan their workforce to manage the NHS CHC deferred assessment work and agree a joint workforce and recovery plan
• Collate and share the learning from Independent Review Panels

Resources

• NHS Continuing Health Care overview
• NHS Continuing Health Care – Independent Review Panels
• NHS Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care statistics
• Reintroduction of NHS Continuing Health Care (NHS CHC): guidance (21 August 2020)
• What is a personal health budget?

Recent News

Future meetings and events