Does anyone know how much NHS continuing care costs are.Consistent with Level 5 of the eligibility criteria?

Answer 1

The eligibility criteria for Level 5 of the Continuing care Policy is generally as follows:

Someone who needs extensive health care of a nature and/or intensity and/or complexity and/or unpredictability or range which is beyond that which Social Services can lawfully provide. This will reflect multiple complexity that may arise from a single disease process or from across a range of disease processes/disorders and/or emotional and/or physical and/or behavioural and/or psycho-social conditions. The individual’s care requires frequent intervention/treatment/supervision by a registered health care professional because of the nature of the complexity. This care is usually delivered by a registered health care professional, or if delivered by a person who is not a registered health care professional, delivery of the intervention/care/treatment will always be the subject of active supervision by a registered health care professional. Alternatively, the individual may:

a) Have increased risk of unpredictable responses.
b) Require intensive care because of very severely challenging behaviour.
c) Be placed under S3 and/or S17 trial leave (Mental Health Act 1983) or Adults in Secure Care under Mental Health Act.
d) Have been diagnosed as Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) or comatose.

The Social services bear no financial responsibility. Individuals who choose to be at home and for whom those risks are acceptable, there remains a need for services from both the NHS and Social Care to be provided by each party with the costs being borne by the NHS.

The NHS bears financial responsibility including:

Primary health care, community therapy, specialist nursing, podiatry, continence aids, day/respite care (health), equipment (health), Palliative health care, Specialist transport services.

Word of warning though, many health authorities in the UK have misinterpreted and misapplied the eligibility criteria.so exact national costings are not available.

Answer 2

look on NHS website might help

Answer 3

a lot in few years we going to lose it too