NHS CONTINUING HEALTHCARE

NHS Continuing Healthcare & Care Fee Claims

Theodorous operates Care Home Cost Claims, a specialist solicitor-led service for families dealing with NHS Continuing Healthcare decisions, appeals, retrospective care periods and possible recovery of care fees.

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What is NHS Continuing Healthcare?

NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is a package of care arranged and funded by the NHS for adults whose assessed needs amount to a primary health need. Eligibility is based on health needs rather than savings, income or the value of a home.

This page explains how the service sits within Theodorous. Detailed CHC guidance, the eligibility journey, appeal information and care-fee recovery resources are maintained on the dedicated Care Home Cost Claims website.

When the specialist service may be the right route

CHC refusedReview the decision, evidence and appeal route before deciding what to challenge.Appeal service →Care fees already paidCheck whether the period was assessed, unassessed or needs another NHS review route.Fee recovery service →CHC funding withdrawnExamine the reassessment, changed needs and reasoning before taking the next step.Funding withdrawn guide →Not sure where to startUse the specialist site’s eligibility journey and solicitor-led initial review.Start with Care Home Cost Claims →

The same SRA-regulated firm

Care Home Cost Claims is not a separate law firm. It is a specialist service operated by Christodoulos Ltd, trading as Theodorous, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA number 809508.

Regulatory information

Care Home Cost Claims • operated by Christodoulos Ltd t/a Theodorous • SRA No. 809508 • The Barbon Buildings, 14 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QH.

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Solicitor-led review

Paris Theodorou, Principal at Theodorous, is the named professional reviewer for the specialist service’s substantive NHS Continuing Healthcare guidance and current evidence pages.

The service is designed to identify the correct NHS route first. Not every case requires paid legal work, and no particular outcome is guaranteed. Care Home Cost Claims offers a free initial review before any paid scope is agreed.

England and Wales

The specialist site contains the main England CHC guidance and a separate Wales route where the framework and decision-making structure differ. Most initial review work can be handled remotely.

CARE HOME COST CLAIMS

A dedicated NHS Continuing Healthcare service of Theodorous

The specialist site is built around the decisions families actually face. It separates appeals from retrospective claims, explains the evidence and NHS process, and provides a focused route into solicitor review without turning every question into paid work.

CHC refusal & appeal

Where an ICB has refused eligibility, the specialist service reviews the Decision Support Tool, reasons, care evidence and the appropriate local resolution or independent review route.

Past care fees & retrospective review

Where care fees have already been paid, the first question is whether the period was previously assessed, genuinely unassessed or subject to another CHC decision. That determines the correct recovery route.

Funding withdrawn or reassessed

Where existing CHC funding is removed after reassessment, the evidence, changed needs, well-managed needs and reasoning behind the decision need to be examined before choosing the next step.

Eligibility, evidence & assessment

The knowledge centre explains the Checklist, Decision Support Tool, primary health need test, care domains, well-managed needs and the records families can gather before an assessment or appeal.

Browse the CHC knowledge centre →

Why the specialist service has its own website

NHS Continuing Healthcare has its own assessment framework, evidence language, appeal stages and published NHS data. A dedicated site allows those materials to be maintained in one coherent knowledge centre while the regulated legal work remains within Theodorous.

CHC appeal solicitors Retrospective CHC claims CHC funding withdrawn Care home fee recovery

SPECIALIST NHS CONTINUING HEALTHCARE SERVICE

Start with the specialist CHC route.

Care Home Cost Claims brings together the eligibility check, solicitor-reviewed guidance, current evidence and a focused enquiry route.

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