Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (25 010 609b)

Mr B complained NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (the ICB) refused to either assess his father’s eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare in hospital or provide him with interim NHS funding for the nursing home placement he was discharged to. And he complained about Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council’s (the Council’s) decision to charge his father, Mr G, for his initial care and support at the nursing home. We find fault with the ICB’s approach. It relied on aspects of national guidance but ignored other parts. Without this fault it would have funded Mr G’s care from the poi