A person with s117 aftercare status and services but also getting services under a parallel Care Act care package, was refused a Decision Support Tool exercise for CHC eligibility purposes, on the footing that the ICB will only let that go forwards if a clinician states that there is no longer a risk of hospitalisation due to mental health issues. Can this possibly be right?

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If a clinician were to assess that a person was no longer at risk of hospitalisation due to mental health issues, the upshot would be that the person was no longer in need of the s.117 status, because both purposes of aftercare must still be needed for the status to be an entitlement. The entitlement […]

A person with s117 aftercare status and services but also getting services under a parallel Care Act care package, was refused a Decision Support Tool exercise for CHC eligibility purposes, on the footing that the ICB will only let that go forwards if a clinician states that there is no longer a risk of hospitalisation due to mental health issues. Can this possibly be right? Read More »