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NHS Continuing Health Care (CHC)

Population Size

40,625

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

2018

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

2-6 months

Lead time statistic card

Summary

NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) is a package of care for adults aged 18 or over which is arranged and funded solely by the NHS. In order to receive NHS CHC funding individuals, have to be assessed by integrated commissioning boards (ICBs) according to a legally prescribed decision making process to determine whether the individual has a ‘primary health need’.

Documentation

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/continuing-health-care-data-set

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Dataset population size

40625

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

Number of distinct individuals in the dataset

40625

count

02 Jun 2025

Findings

Average age at the start of care package users, for the last 12 months

72

Average

12 Jun 2025

Provenance

Source of data extraction

EPR

Collection source setting

Other

Patient pathway description

The CHC (Continuing Healthcare) pathway is a process for determining eligibility for NHS-funded healthcare for individuals with complex, long-term health needs. The pathway involves an assessment process to determine if an individual&#039s primary needs are health-related, rather than social or personal care needs.

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

25/06/2025

Coverage

Start date

02/01/2018

Time lag

1-2 months

Geographic coverage

North West England: https://www.geonames.org/2641227/north-west.html

Maximum age range

124

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

NHS DATA DICTIONARY

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

text/csv, application/sql

Data Access Request

Access rights

https://northwestsde.nhs.uk/for-sde-users/apply-to-use-the-sde

Time to dataset access

2-6 months

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

A secure workspace within the SDE will be implemented for each project. The standard package for a secure workspace includes a cloud-based VDI providing access to an instance of the platform and as suite of included tools. Further details be provided on request.

Jurisdiction

UK

Data use limitation

Research use only

Data use requirements

User-specific restriction

Data Controller

North West Secure Data Environment (SDE)

Data Processor

Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Demographics

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Other

Publications about this dataset

The role of health and social factors in education outcome: A record-linked electronic birth cohort ...Evans A, Dunstan F, Fone DL, Bandyopadhyay A, Scho...

PloS one

Published - 2019