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CHC refused? We review the decision, evidence and appeal route.
If NHS Continuing Healthcare has been refused, we can review the decision before you commit to paid legal work. We identify the strongest evidence-based grounds, the records still needed and whether the case is better suited to local resolution, NHS England independent review or another route.
Solicitor-led · SRA regulated · Nationwide · Christodoulos Ltd · SRA 809508
What do CHC appeal solicitors actually do?
A good appeal is not a generic complaint. We compare the written decision with the contemporaneous evidence, identify which findings matter to eligibility, test the reasoning against the National Framework and structure the challenge around the primary health need test.
Our first job is to narrow the case
We do not improve an appeal by arguing that every score should be higher. We focus on the domains, interactions, evidence gaps and procedural points that could materially affect the outcome.
Where we can step in
Local resolution: written grounds, evidence review and structured representations to the ICB.
Independent Review Panel: focused submissions, chronology, evidence cross-references and preparation for the panel.
Funding withdrawal or reassessment: review of whether the changed decision properly reflects current needs and the evidence.
Retrospective disputes: identifying whether the issue is a genuinely unassessed period, a previously refused period or another review route.
Can you appeal without a solicitor?
Yes. There is no requirement to instruct a solicitor. Families can use the NHS process themselves. Our role is most useful where the record is large, the reasoning is complex, the case is moving to independent review, or the family wants a professional to take over the analysis and submissions.
Understand the case before instructing us
Appeal evidence and procedure
Local resolution to independent review →Decision Support Tool
Check the 12 domains and recorded evidence →Primary health need
The central eligibility test →Well-managed needs
When successful care masks need →Local resolution
How the first formal review works →Independent Review Panel
How NHS England review works →