This policy sets out the process Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB will follow to commission and make provision for equitable, safe and effective care, for individuals who have been assessed as eligible for fully funded NHS Continuing Healthcare.
The policy describes the ways in which we will commission healthcare in a manner that reflects the choice and preferences of individuals whilst ensuring a balance between choice, safety and effective use of finite resources available to the ICB. In the delivery of CHC, we have to ensure consistency and fairness in the application of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing Care; whilst implementing and maintaining good practice and ensuring quality standards are met and sustained in line with commissioning for value.