MORE elderly people in Andover will benefit from primary care trust help now that the Mid Hampshire NHS Primary Care Trust has taken on new financial responsibilities for nursing care.
In the NHS plan, the government promised to make nursing care free for all.
From this month, the trust assumes responsibility for the payment of nursing care costs for all nursing home residents in mid Hampshire, both self-funders and residents previously supported by local authorities.
Funding was only previously available for 350 people, but the changes mean that 720 will now have an assessment to determine the level of funding according to their nursing needs.
These assessments are ongoing and following an initial meeting, residents are seen after three months and then annually or when their circumstances change.
The service has been renamed NHS Funded Nursing Care.
For further information call 01962 763940.
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