A guide to NHS continuing health care

NHS, the full form ‘National Health Service’ itself suggests it is an organisation that serves patients for health issues. The ‘NHS continuing health care’, also sometimes known as the ‘NHS continuous care’ is a health organisation which provides the free long term care and services to the people who need it because of either accidents or illness. They offer you the service at any place or setting; either home, hospital or nursing home. Also, they are sometimes known as ‘fully funded NHS care’.

Are you eligible for NHS?

Oh yes! If your health issue is genuine and you need the free service indeed, you are eligible for it; irrespective of the type of disease, diagnosis or medication. All they check it out is if you have got a health need and not a social care need! So, if your health need is serious, complex and has got high intensity, you are surely eligible for it. You can also ask about it to the team who give you long term care advice.

How to get qualified for NHS?

The criteria for getting qualified for the NHS are simple. All you need to do is an assessment.  You should get it done while you are getting discharged from the hospital. The Primary Care Trust (PCT) should do this; if they do not, you should remind them to carry out the assessment. Also, if you feel you should continue the service in the nursing home, you should ask them to assess you.

After the initial checklist, the detailed one is also carried out known as ‘Decision Support Tool’. The team of professionals assess you in such a way that there are no inconsistencies. They check it fairly whether you need the service and you are entitled to the NHS continuing care or not.