continuing care

He added that patients are prepared to travel for specialist assessment and treatment but want follow-up and continuing care to be closer to home, which is what he is aiming for.

We also wish to express our sincere thanks to all those in the emergency services, and the medical staff in the hospitals, for their bravery, dedication and continuing care.

He was suffering from Alzheimer’s and required “continuing care, the costs of which are heavy and will increase”, according to one document.

They wanted to buy into a continuing care retirement community, where they could take advantage of graduated levels of care as they needed it.

More than 33,000 adults receive long-term CHC support each year in England, while at least 4,500 under-18s receive Children and Young People's Continuing Care, data collated by the BBC suggests.