Streamlining the system for NHS continuing care.

The article reports on the publication of the National Framework for National Health Service (NHS) Continuing Healthcare by the Department of Health in England. The NHS continuing healthcare aims to provide people more help towards care costs. The framework gives consistency to national policies regarding the access and eligibility for fully funded care. It gets rid of different nursing bands for free nursing care, freeing up more time for nurses and cutting down on repeated assessments. There are 31,000 people who are receiving NHS continuing care in which more than half of care home residents already have some or all of their personal care costs paid by the public expenditure.