How we write and check our guides
We write and check every guide on this site ourselves, against the official NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) documents. Each guide lists its sources and shows the date we last checked it.
Last updated 13 November 2026
Who writes our guides
Our guides are written by the same small team that works on families' cases.
Before a guide goes live, we read it line by line against the official documents, and we check every later change the same way. You can read more about who we are and how we work on our about page.
We never give anyone a clinical or legal title on this site. If a qualified professional ever checks a guide for us, we'll name them only once they've agreed in writing. We'll also give their professional registration, so you can look it up yourself.
The sources we use
Our CHC guides are built on the same documents the NHS works from. We link to each one so you can read it for yourself.
| Document | Published by | Version we use |
|---|---|---|
| National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care | Department of Health and Social Care | July 2022 revision, corrected July 2023 |
| NHS Continuing Healthcare Checklist and its guidance | Department of Health and Social Care | October 2026 (published 20 October 2026) |
| NHS Continuing Healthcare Decision Support Tool and its guidance | Department of Health and Social Care | October 2026, guidance updated 22 October 2026 |
| NHS Continuing Healthcare Fast Track Pathway Tool | Department of Health and Social Care | October 2026 |
| NHS Continuing Healthcare: independent review process, public information guide | NHS England | Version 3, 3 July 2023 |
| Guidance on previously unassessed periods of care | Department of Health and Social Care | Updated 19 March 2025 |
| Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care quarterly data | NHS England | The latest release, named on each page that uses it |
Our guides on care home fees also use the Care Act 2014 and the government's Care and Support Statutory Guidance. They use yearly government figures too, such as the savings limits for the council means test. Another is the rate for NHS-funded Nursing Care, the weekly NHS payment towards registered nursing care in a care home with nursing. Each guide names the exact version it relies on in its sources list.
We don't use other advice firms' guides or forum posts as the source for any fact. When a guide relies on a court judgment, we name the case.
How often we check each page
We check every guide at least once every 6 months. We check sooner when something a guide relies on changes. That includes a rise in the NHS-funded Nursing Care rate (usually each April) and new quarterly figures from NHS England. It also includes new government guidance and changes to our own prices.
The date under each guide's title moves even when a check finds nothing to change. So you can see how recently someone read the page against the rules.
How we use numbers
Every figure on this site has its source and date next to it, so you can check it yourself. Some numbers are our own calculation, such as a percentage worked out from NHS England's figures. When they are, we say so and explain how we worked it out.
We don't publish success rates, totals of money recovered or the number of people we've helped, because we only show figures you can check.
Who we are and who we are not
CHC Funding Support is a small, independent service that helps families in England with NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Families pay us for help with their case, and that's how the service is funded.
We are not part of the NHS. No NHS body, integrated care board (ICB) or council pays us, checks our guides or tells us what to write.
We are not solicitors and we don't give legal advice. Our guides explain how the rules work, and you can use them alongside advice on your own situation.
We are not clinicians either. When a complex case needs a clinical opinion, we buy one in from a qualified professional and agree the cost with the family first. If you'd like someone to look at your own papers, a CHC case review is the usual place to start.
How we compare ourselves with other providers
We compete with other CHC advocacy firms and with the solicitors who do this work. We say so wherever we compare ourselves with them.
When we compare prices, we use each firm's published prices and give the date we read them. Where a firm's prices are plus VAT, we add the VAT. When a firm doesn't publish its prices, we quote what its reviewers report and link to those reviews. You can see how our prices compare for each stage of help.
If you work for one of these firms and think we've got something wrong, tell us. We'll check it and correct anything we've got wrong.
Corrections
If you think something on this site is wrong or out of date, please tell us which page and which part you mean. You can email hello@chcfundingsupport.co.uk or send us a message through our contact form.
We'll check it against the source. If it's wrong, we'll correct it within 5 working days and update the "last checked" date. If a correction changes what a guide tells you to do, we'll add a short note at the end saying what changed and when.
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