NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
With over twelve years experience of advising PCTs, local authorities, acute trusts, SHAs and the Department of Health, Finegan Consulting has earned a national reputation for identifying and implementing best practice in NHS continuing care We enable PCTs to comply with the required processes and understand the financial implications of delivering fair and consistent access to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Our recent work has included:
- Comprehensive organisation and system risk assessments including financial risk and mitigation plans.
- CHC budget reviews for assessment services and care packages.
- Demand modelling, activity projections and capacity planning.
- Business case preparation for long term care assessment and commissioning teams.
- Service specifications for acute, community and commissioning teams; revision of contracts and performance reporting systems.
- Negotiation and conflict resolution to obtain joint working agreements.
- Development of assessment pathway standards and a comparative review of 24 PCTs' methods.
- Development of an integrated health and social care commissioning framework for long term care including service specifications; quality incentive scheme; pricing schedules and the application of the NHS national standard community contract to the independent care homes market.
- Provision of bespoke and open access training courses for CHC practitioners; eligibility decision-makers; executive teams and independent review panels. Click here to access our portfolio of training services.
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