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Integrated Care Boards: Standards

Commons · Question 81028 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

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Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional variations in the proportion of NHS Continuing Healthcare applications that are approved; and what steps he is taki

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 1 Dec 2025

The Department works closely with NHS England to monitor levels of regional variation in eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This includes NHS England implementing an operational assurance regime across regions which promotes accurate assessm...