FOI Ref: 0081FOI1920 

9^th August 2019

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information 

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request 

Under the Freedom of Information Act please tell me: 

For each of the last five calendar years, 

a) How many patients in your area received NHS Continuing Healthcare funding

b) How many of your patients in your area had NHS Continuing Healthcare funding taken away after a reassessment. 

Response  

Please see table below: 

	a) patients receiving CHC funding	b) patients where funding ceased after reassessment
2014-2015	1584	37
2015-2016	1288	25
2016-2017	1145	88
2017-2018	1549	130
2018-2019	1626	87

 

Note: figures above for a) are cumulative and include patients who have been discharged or passed away in period.  Eligible patients on 31/3/20xx transfer into the new budget funding line as of 1/4/20xx.