How does the Health and Social Care Act 2001 relate to Continuing Care?!


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How does the Health and Social Care Act 2001 relate to Continuing Care?

Still confused. Thanks.


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Hi Mark,

Social care is funded by local social service departments, the continuing care team will assess care needs on a health (nursing) background. the cost of care can then be split, or if it felt that all needs relate to the need for nursing care support then the individual would be entiltled to 100% continuing care.

The Health and Social Care Act 2001 builds on the aims of integrating health and local authority services for vulnerable people. It introduced a new policy for the formation of Care Trusts, which are new bodies, able to commission and/or provide health and other services, which can be better co-ordinated to meet the needs of the users.

Continuing care policy
This refers to situations where a person's health needs are such that the NHS funds all their care in a nursing home or their own home. Health Authorities have local eligibility criteria which define the level of NHS care. Updated guidance on "Fully funded NHS Continuing Care" was issued in July 2001. This brings together 15 previous circulars and updates them in the light of NHS changes.

NHS -funded nursing care
The NHS employs nurses to deliver care needed by the vast majority of the population, whether in hospital, residential care or at home. The main exception is for residents of independent sector nursing homes (about 140,000 in England) until October 2001. One quarter of these fully fund their care costs, including their nursing care, themselves. From October 2001 the NHS has funded the care these residents receive from a registered nurse.




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