NHS continuing healthcare is non-means tested NHS funding that pays for a package of care to meet your assessed needs, either in your own home or a care home. With care fees often over £1000 per week it is not surprising that many people want to be assessed for eligibility which could ensure access to the care they need whilst preserving their hard earned savings.
We are pleased to announce that our Health and Community Care Team will be holding three FREE seminars in various locations, offering Care Providers the chance to ensure they are up to date on the current laws.
We are proud to announce that we have once again, secured membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) – the mark of excellence for the home buying process.
The Office for National Statistics’ has released a report revealing that in 2015 the marriage rate for opposite-sex couples was the lowest on record (following a gradual long-term decline since the early 1970s). Such a statistic arguably underlines the pressing need for the reform in respect of the law as it relates to unmarried cohabitating couples and pre-nuptial agreements.
According to recent reports, there are now 400,000 fewer adults receiving financial assistance from their local authority and the hours of unpaid care continues to rise. It is more important than ever that individuals, carers and families have access to up to date information about the choices available to them, yet time and again people are handed a leaflet and left to get on with it themselves, or worse, given incorrect advice and pressured into rushed decisions.
In a speech at the University of Edinburgh, the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, has criticised a lack of progress with regards to the reform of certain areas of family law.
