Our Fees
Our initial 1 hour advice phone call with guidance on how to progress your case further is free of charge.
Please do take advantage of our free, no-obligation 1 hour consultation service which provides you with tailored information and advice to progress your case independently.
Simply Continuing Healthcare is a community interest company. This means we are a not-for-profit social enterprise, and we donate our profits to charities that benefit the community or re-invest it into Simply CHC. However, we do need to cover our costs and pay our expert team.
Please find the fixed fee packages below. All fees are all-inclusive. There will be no surprise costs following the initial invoice. Should there be difficulties along the way, or any issues that require resolve, the fee will not change.
The amount of work that goes into preparing for the meetings is much more than can be listed below. As such, we have provided a brief overview of each package and what is involved but please feel free to contact us should you require any further information.
Our Services
Review Meetings
£1,499.00
(inc VAT)
Following a positive DST, the ICB/Social Services will carry out regular reviews of the package of care. However, they can refer the individual to the ICB for a new DST assessment if they consider the needs have substantially changed
- We will do an in-depth review of the care package and records.
- One of our advocates will attend the assessment, fully armed with the evidence and in-depth analysis of the medical records we have received.
- Your advocate will meet with you one hour prior to the meeting to explain to you what will happen during the panel meeting and gather any final information they may require from you.
Review Meetings
£1,499.00
(inc VAT)
Following a positive DST, the ICB/Social Services will carry out regular reviews of the package of care. However, they can refer the individual to the ICB for a new DST assessment if they consider the needs have substantially changed
- We will do an in-depth review of the care package and records
- One of our advocates will attend the assessment, fully armed with the evidence and in-depth analysis of the medical records we have received
- They will meet with you one hour prior to the meeting to explain to you what will happen during the panel meeting and gather any final information they may require from you
Initial Assessments (Checklist and DST)
£5,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Initial request for assessment.
- Discussions with the ICB and Local Authority to find a suitable date/time for all parties.
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied up into our representations and used within the DST meeting.
- Attendance in-person at both the Checklist and the Decision Support Tool (DST) meetings.
- Following the DST meeting, a report will be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individuals needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework and legislative principles and also highlight the family’s views alongside any discussions and disputes that arose within the meeting. This will then be submitted to the ICB.
Initial Assessments (Checklist and DST)
£5,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Initial request for assessment.
- Discussions with the ICB and Local Authority to find a suitable date/time for all parties.
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied up into our representations and used within the DST meeting.
- Attendance in-person at both the Checklist and the Decision Support Tool (DST) meetings.
- Following the DST meeting, a report will be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individuals needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework and legislative principles and also highlight the family’s views alongside any discussions and disputes that arose within the meeting. This will then be submitted to the ICB.
Local Resolution Appeal Meetings (LRM)
£5,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied into our representations.
- Representations will then be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individual’s needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework, legislative principles and procedural issues. It will also highlight the family’s views alongside, discussions and disputes that arose within the DST meeting.
- The application for the LRM meeting alongside the representations will then be submitted to the ICB
- Discussions with the ICB to find a suitable time for all parties.
- Attendance at the meeting.
Local Resolution Appeal Meetings (LRM)
£5,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied into our representations.
- Representations will then be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individual’s needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework, legislative principles and procedural issues. It will also highlight the family’s views alongside, discussions and disputes that arose within the DST meeting.
- The application for the LRM meeting alongside the representations will then be submitted to the ICB .
- Discussions with the ICB to find a suitable time for all parties.
- Attendance at the meeting.
Previously Unassessed Period of Care (PUPoC)
£5,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied up into our representations.
- Representations will then be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individual’s needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework and legislative principles and also highlight the family’s views.
- The application for the LRM meeting alongside the representations will then be submitted to the ICB .
- Discussions with the ICB to find a suitable time for all parties.
- Attendance at the meeting.
NHS England Independent Review Panel (IRP)
£6,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied up into our representations.
- Representations will then be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individual’s needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework and legislative principles and highlight the family’s views.
- The application for the LRM meeting alongside the representations will then be submitted to the ICB .
- Discussions with the ICB to find a suitable time for all parties.
- Attendance at the meeting.
NHS England Independent Review Panel (IRP)
£6,999
(inc VAT)
In brief, this service includes:
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected. The relevant evidence is then copied up into our representations.
- Representations will then be produced by our advocate and our nurse which provides a detailed analysis of the individual’s needs. The representations will incorporate both the National Framework and legislative principles and highlight the family’s views.
- The application for the LRM meeting alongside the representations will then be submitted to the ICB .
- Discussions with the ICB to find a suitable time for all parties.
- Attendance at the meeting.
No Win No Fee (NWNF)
Fee: 30% of the reimbursement figure.
In brief, this service includes:
- Our NWNF offer is only applicable to appeals and subject to T&C’s.
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected and discussions within the company to analyse the chances of success.
- Should the chance of success be higher than 51%, we will begin copying the relevant evidence into our representations which will be submitted to the ICB as the basis for the appeal.
- Should we consider the case to have a less than 51% chance of success, we will return all the evidence to the individual and provide an in-depth consultation explaining how the individual can move forward independently.
No Win No Fee (NWNF)
Fee: 30% of the reimbursement figure.
In brief, this service includes:
- Our NWNF offer is only applicable to appeals and subject to T&C’s.
- Submission of all the required subject access requests to obtain any records held by all the parties involved in the individuals care.
- A review of the records collected and discussions within the company to analyse the chances of success.
- Should the chance of success be higher than 51%, we will begin copying the relevant evidence into our representations which will be submitted to the ICB as the basis for the appeal.
- Should we consider the case to have a less than 51% chance of success, we will return all the evidence to the individual and provide an in-depth consultation explaining how the individual can move forward independently.
**Please note that currently appeals and IRP assessments are being held via Teams/Zoom and as such, disbursements are not incurred. If our advocate is invited to a face-to-face assessment, a disbursement fee of £150 (per assessment) plus 55p per mile (from the office address) is incurred.