Care Home Fees

It is not widely known but about 300,000 people have a claim for about £60,000 each (or whatever has been spent on care home fees), if the primary reason for them being in a care home was health related. It all flows from a case of Coughlan in 1999.

In that case the learner Judge held that if the primary reaosn for nursing care is health related then it is a taxable benefit and should be paid for by the PCT/Local authority because that person has, in theiry, paid tax all their life. If the hospital can't provide the bed then the local authority needs to make other plans.

We therefore help by making a claim for future care, (if the patient is still alive), and also all retrospective care going back 6 years. remember, it costs on average £700 a week.....and we canc laim this back.

To find out more and to lodge a claim for someone you care about please complete the form to the right.