Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care will require Care Commissioning Groups to continue to fund packages of care for people during the appeals process.

The Department is currently working to update the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and National Health Service-funded nursing care. This has included a structured engagement process with partners in NHS England and local government, as well as interested stakeholders, charities and service users on our proposed changes to the National Framework.

This update is intended to provide greater clarity for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities on a number of elements of the CHC process. The updated National Framework will be published shortly.