NHS continuing healthcare
You may need extra help because you struggle with:
- breathing
- eating and drinking
- taking medicine
- moving about
- memory and thinking.
You can ask your social worker, GP, nurse for a referral to the NHS continuing healthcare if you need extra help. Together with your family or support team, they'll figure out how to help you against their checklist.
Funding for care
A Personal Health Budget allows some young people to get extra support through social services.
If you live in a care home and are not eligible for NHS continuing healthcare, you may be eligible for NHS funded nursing care.
The NHS will pay the care home for the cost of the nursing care, such as administering medication, but it will not cover the cost of food, accommodation or support with personal care.
For more information about the NHS Continuing Health Care and the NHS funded nursing care service :