Continuing Care
(asked on 21st July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received NHS Continuing Healthcare in each year since 2009-10.
The number of people who have received NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) in each year since 2009/10 is:
Year ending: | Number of people eligible for NHS CHC: |
2009/10 | 50,424 |
2010/11 | 53,264 |
2011/12 | 55,654 |
2012/13 | 58,809 |
2013/14 | 60,046 |
2014/15 | 62,939 |
2015/16 | 59,377 |
Until 31 March 2013, quarterly data on the number of people in receipt of NHS CHC was collected and published on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-continuing-healthcare
Since 1 April 2013, responsibility for the collection of data for NHS CHC has been transferred to NHS England. Data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC is published quarterly by NHS Digital at:
http://digital.nhs.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=NHS+Continuing+Healthcare+Activity&area=both