NHS DCCG wishes to establish a framework of approved providers who can provide consistently high quality, domiciliary care services to adults aged 18 and over who have been assessed as eligible to receive continuing healthcare (CHC).

Those patients who have been assessed by an appropriate panel of experts as being eligible to receive Continuing Healthcare will have long-term conditions or will have been diagnosed as having rapidly deteriorating or terminal conditions.

Long-term conditions are chronic illnesses that can limit lifestyle, such as diabetes, heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There are 15,4 million people living with a long-term condition in England. Due to an ageing population, it is estimated that by 2025 there will be 42 % more people in England aged 65 or over. This will mean that the number of people with at least one LTC will rise by 3 million to 18 million.