Continuing Care
Commons · Question 89349 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) help reduce delays in continuing healthcare reviews for previously unassessed periods of care and (b) reduce the associated administration.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 21 Nov 2025
The Department and NHS England published guidance in 2023 for assessing requests for Previously Unassessed Periods of Care (PUPoC). This guidance sets out how integrated care boards (ICBs) should approach and address PUPoC assessment requests. The guidanc...