By Rosalind Hughes, co-founder of Just Caring Legal This week Fiona Phillips, broadcaster, columnist and Alzheimer's ambassador, has been tweeting her support for the Judicial Review for NHS … [Read more...]
We need to see the end of blanket bans on care home visits
By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal It is a sad reality that regular visits from close friends and family often make the difference between good and inadequate care. You know your … [Read more...]
£1 million in refunds for care home residents forced to pay NHS CHC “top up” fees
By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal Has your vulnerable relative been forced to "top up" their NHS Continuing Healthcare funding with additional fees? If so, they may well be due a … [Read more...]
Government and NHS face crowdfunded legal battle for NHS CHC justice
"The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS have grossly violated the human rights of some of the most vulnerable people in society...with many being unlawfully forced to sell their homes when … [Read more...]
Refunds for wrongly paid NHS CHC “top-up” fees set to rocket
By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal Have you or your relative been asked to pay additional fees for care, despite being eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding? This is illegal … [Read more...]
Covid care funding withdrawn? Here are three things that should not happen next
By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal As part of emergency Coronavirus legislation in March, the government suspended the requirement for NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups to … [Read more...]
NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments should never happen behind closed doors
By Rosalind Hughes, founder, Just Caring Legal Just Caring Legal has recently won a six-figure refund on behalf of a Northumberland family. We helped the family appeal after their relative was … [Read more...]
Is it worth appealing an ineligibility decision for NHS Continuing Healthcare?
By Rosalind Hughes, founder, Just Caring Legal Do you believe your relative has been wrongly assessed as ineligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare? Have they recently "failed" at either the checklist … [Read more...]
My relative is self-funding their care but the cash is running out – what do I do?
By Rosalind Hughes, founder of Just Caring Legal What's the cost of an average length of stay in a care home? One report put it at the equivalent of around 26 years’ worth of annual foreign holidays … [Read more...]
The scandal of illegal top-up fees for NHS Continuing Healthcare
Has the NHS capped your relative's NHS Continuing Healthcare funding? Has their care home said they must pay a "top-up" to pay for "lifestyle" or "hospitality" facilities? If so, your vulnerable … [Read more...]
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