NHS Continuing Care
What's new
The last census was held on the 31st March 2011 and was published in June 2011.
The next census will be held on the 31st March 2012.
Background
Previously there had been no method for identifying all patients who were receiving NHS Care that is on-going, non-acute care, delivered as an inpatient, and ofter over an extended period, either in hospital, hospice or care home. The census aimed to gather information on these patients.
The patients included in the census are:
Category A: Patients who are receiving NHS Continuing Health Care as a result of a decision made under the terms of the guidance referred to on page 1 of this report (link). Note that although NHS Continuing Health Care may be provided in a hospital ward, it may also be provided on a contractual basis in a hospice or care home.
Category B: Patients who do not specifically meet the criteria for NHS Continuing Health Care but who have been in hospital for over one year and for whom no estimated date of discharge has been set.
Guidance Documentation
The definitions and data recording manual 
[190kb] (revised Sep 2009) , provides information on the census coverage and context, data requirements and data item definitions.
Some local and national uses of the data are detailed in the document Users Experiences of the NHS Balance of Care/Continuing Care Census [60kb].
Statistics
Links to support documents for all censuses are included below:
- Continuing Care Data Validation [17kb]
- Continuing Care Meta Data [17kb]
Links to publications from the previous censuses are included below:
- September 2010 Report [160kb]
- March 2010 Report [120kb]
- September 2009 Report [120kb]
- March 2009 Report [95kb]
- September 2008 Report [140kb]
