More than 1,300 people a year are having their palliative care funding withdrawn, BBC analysis shows.
Sandra Hanson, who has been with her husband Malcolm for 50 years, had her funding withdrawn last year
She was diagnosed with end-stage dementia, and had been in hospital eight times in the previous year following multiple falls and bouts of pneumonia.But in March 2021, this funding was reviewed by her local Clinical Commissioning Group . Charlotte appealed against the CCG's decision to remove the funding - the first stage of which was completed several months later.The appeal had been ongoing, but since being contacted by the BBC, South West London CCG has now overturned its decision and said it will backdate the money.
But in many cases where a patient remains alive beyond their prognosis, reviews are being used to decide on their continued eligibility - often taking place three months after their funding began.Data from 86 of the 117 CCGs and health boards in England and Wales, collated by the BBC through Freedom of Information requests, shows 9,037 fast-track continuing healthcare patients had their funding reviewed through a Decision Support Tool assessment between 2018-19 and 2020-21.
He described the assessments as being used "often as a cost-saving exercise by the NHS designed to withdraw funding from as many people as possible, even where it might not be appropriate".
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