BBA webinar: The Continuing NHS Healthcare interface with the Care Act

The course aims to familiarise advocates with the legal interface between the Care Act and the National Framework for NHS Continuing Health Care status. The course covers:

• The difference between individuals’ legal rights to care and the NHS’s obligations regarding the provision of health services.

• The relevance of the concept of a primary health need for funding obligations, for the use of advocates supporting either assessment or a decision support tool exercise after assessments.

• Key concepts in CHC process – the relevance of consent to assessment, the ‘line’ and why it’s not possible to draw a firm one; checklisting; fast track rights; reviews vs revisions etc.

• The rules that apply to CHC care planning once a person has been found eligible for the status.

• Typical ‘wrong turns’ taken in the progress towards a decision about someone’s status and what advocates should do about them.