In this case we assisted in successfully influencing the outcome of our client’s assessment for continuing healthcare funding prior to their discharge from hospital. Whilst in hospital, the patient was advised they were not well enough to return to their own home and required nursing care but, due to owning their own home, they would have to meet the cost of care themselves.
The Compass CHC team were instructed to take on the case by the patient’s power of attorney. We secured the hospital records and, having reviewed them and cross referenced the patient’s condition to the National Framework criteria for continuing healthcare, it was clear that the patient satisfied the eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare funding.
We drafted detailed representations explaining the basis for the patient’s entitlement to the funding and highlighting the independent evidence contained in the hospital records that supported this. The assessment team agreed with our representations and the funding was awarded, despite the fact that a matter of weeks earlier they had attempted to discharge the patient on a fully self-funding basis without any NHS funding to meet her care costs.
This is another example of how we were able to assist at a very early stage in the process, while the patient was still in hospital and before discharge.
