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<p>Payment for an NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’
is only made for cases assessed as eligible.</p><p> </p><p>As described in a public
letter from the former NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, dated 15 March 2012,
deadlines were introduced for requests for an assessment for a NHS Continuing Healthcare
‘previously unassessed period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012.</p><p>
</p><p>The number of requests for a NHS Continuing Healthcare ‘previously unassessed
period of care’ between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2012 that were outstanding at the
end of the previous 12 months are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Requests
outstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2017</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2016</p></td><td><p>607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2016</p></td><td><p>1,498</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is not
held on the number of outstanding requests for an assessment for an NHS Continuing
Healthcare ‘previously unassessed period of care’ from April 2012 onwards.</p><p>
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