Date: Wednesday 26 September 2007
Time: 1.30pm-4.30pm
Venue: Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton
Booking: Free to all people working in the voluntary advice sector, to register phone 01273 609911 or email Cate Searle
After years of consultation and controversy, the new National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (also known as continuing care funding) and NHS Funded Nursing Care will be implemented in October.
The Government says that decisions on whether an individual qualifies for fully funded care or a nursing care contribution will now be “fairer, faster and easier to understand”. The goal is to ensure consistent access to funded care and clear national policies for deciding eligibility.
Community care law specialists Brighton-based martin searle solicitors are running a FREE seminar to help voluntary sector advisers understand the changes and ensure they continue to give clients quality advice.
Community care law solicitor martin searle solicitors’ Cate Searle says: “This seminar will increase advisers’ awareness of this changing area of law and practice, providing an introduction to those unfamiliar with the issues and building on the knowledge and confidence of those who already have some understanding of the subject.”
- Topics to be covered include:
- What is NHS Continuing Healthcare?
- What is NHS Funded Nursing Care?
- Understanding the eligibility criteria
- Understanding decisions – applying the law to the facts
- Challenging decisions – procedure and tactics
- Retrospective decisions
- Understanding the overlap and difference between NHS funding and local authority funding
- Section 117 of the Mental Health Act, after care services and free care
The session will finish with a number of case studies to illustrate how the law can help clients challenge wrong decisions.
