To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of continuing care assessments resulted in eligibility in (a) the Yorkshire and Humber Integrated Care Board and (b) England in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered on
7 January 2025
The following table shows the number of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) standard assessments completed, as well as the number and proportion assessed as eligible, in 2023/24, for England and the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board:
Area | Standard CHC assessments completed | Number assessed as eligible | Percentage assessed as eligible |
England | 51,165 | 10,791 | 21% |
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | 1,548 | 272 | 18% |
It is not possible to calculate the proportion of cases that became no longer eligible as a specific sub-set of the cases found eligible in that same year. The number of no longer eligible cases in 2023/24 will relate to all cases that became no longer eligible during 2023/24, which could include cases that were eligible before that year, as well as cases that became eligible in that year.
The following table shows the number of those eligible for standard CHC, as well as the number and proportion of cases no longer eligible, for the year 2023/24 to date, for England and the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board:
Area | Number eligible for standard CHC | Number no longer eligible for NHS CHC | Percentage of eligible cases no longer eligible for standard CHC |
England | 47,871 | 13,669 | 29% |
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | 1,451 | 367 | 25% |
Note: no longer eligible may be for a variety of reasons, including individuals no longer meeting the criteria, the client being deceased, the client or family withdrawing, etc.