Community Care

Our specialist Community Care team offer proven expertise and practical guidance in connection with Health and Social Care Services.

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Community Care

At some point in our lives, most of us will have health and social care needs whether as an individual ourselves or as a carer for relatives, spouses or friends because of illness, disability or age.

At its heart, community care is about the care people receive in their home or in a care home, as complemented by health and social services, which are also essential parts of the community care law picture.

WBW recognises that elderly clients’ needs are specific and that the law relating to issues concerning elderly people and vulnerable people is both complicated and unnerving.

WBW Solicitors offers flexible funding options to all Community Care clients.

Our specialist Community Care team offer proven expertise and practical guidance in connection with Health and Social Care Services and funding for some of the most vulnerable members of our society.

Our Expertise

Our specialist team of community care advisers can assist in a wide range of matters, including:

NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding
  • Assessments
  • Appeals (at Local level and at NHS England level);
  • Retrospective Reviews for previously unassessed periods of care;
  • Reviewing care home records in order to advise whether you should proceed with an Assessment or Retrospective Review; and
  • Withdrawal of NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding
Financial Assessments
Care Home Contract Reviews
Community Care Consultation
Hospital Discharge
Sectioning
Welfare Benefits

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