The Little-known NHS Fund That Could Cover Your Care Costs | Cornwall Memory Cafe Podcast #3

Do you know your rights when it comes to Adult Social Care and funding someone in a nursing home? Millions in the UK have sold their homes to pay for care for themselves or loved ones, but for tens of thousands of people, this struggle to pay healthcare bills could have been avoided.

Our lovely hosts and Cornwall Memory Cafe Network Wayfinders Jules and Anna welcome Pauline Hardinges, who is the Treasurer for the Liskeard area Memory Cafe and she is on to talk about the NHS Continuing Healthcare fund. 

A crucial fund that a lot of people don't know about; this episode dives into dealings with Adult Social Care and the NHS's best kept secret, the NHS Continuing Healthcare Fund and what you could be entitled to if you are going for a care package and support. 

Pauline gives her phenomenal story, after battling the NHS in court and winning, to hitting national headlines regarding her gagging order, Pauline shares her story. 

What is NHS Continuing Healthcare?
Continuing Healthcare – officially called NHS Continuing Healthcare – is a fully-funded package of care that some people are entitled to receive as a result of disability, accident or illness. It covers the full cost of the person’s care and residential accommodation.

NHS Continuing Healthcare funding is available to adults living in England who have particularly intense, complex or unpredictable care needs. Unlike local authority funding, it is not means tested. Health before finance: in the Care Act between sections 19-23, it states that you should not be asked about your financial situation, and that health needs should be met before any financial enquiries. 

If you have any questions about what is discussed in this episode, please do contact the Cornwall Memory Cafe Network or our disability advice line and enquire about if you think you would be eligible for the NHS Continuing Healthcare fund. 

To ask for Pauline's advice please email: cmcn@disabilitycornwall.org.uk

disAbility Cornwall & IoS information and advice line:
Advice@dialcornwall.org.uk