NHS Continuing Healthcare | Package Of Care | Nursing UK
Channel: Claire Carmichael
Date: 14/06/2020

NHS Continuing Healthcare | Package Of Care | Nursing UK. I'm passionate about protecting our patients and ensuring a safe discharge. This is all about the CHC and package of care and why it's so important to get the referrals right from day one. 
Intro 
0:10 What am I talking about today?
0:45 What is CHC and package of care? 
1:30 NHS Funded Nursing Care 
2:10 IMPORTANT message - The need for a thorough referral form to be filled out 
5:21 Why is this important? 
5:43 As a HCA what I noticed 
6:19 Why are patients waiting so long? 
6:42 My day with the CHC team and what I learnt
9:00 My District nursing placement and a patient unsafely discharged
13:00 This is why the forms need to be done correctly 
13:29 There’s a missing link somewhere 
14:00 Being more about of package of care and look out for your patient 
16:00 The stats of re-admissions
18:10 register for a CHC toolkit below
End 

Further information:
NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/money-work-and-benefits/nhs-continuing-healthcare/
GOV website: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770684/National_framework_for_CHC_and_FNC_-_public_information_leaflet.pdf
CHC toolkit: https://www.beaconchc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Beacon-NT-Assessments-May-2017-LoRes.pdf

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