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Appendix A: Nations

37 sources. Checked September 2026.

Every claim in this chapter is traced to the source behind it. Below is each one, numbered as it appears in the book, with a link that opens the original.

  1. National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care (July 2022, revised; corrected July 2023), Department of Health and Social Care / NHS England — the same framework cited in "NHS Continuing Healthcare, Properly This Time."
    www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care
  2. Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5), and the Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (SSI 2002/303). Originally for people aged 65 and over; extended to any age from 1 April 2019\. Check gov.scot for the current position.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/5/contents · www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/303/contents/made
  3. Scottish Government, Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care, Directorate Letter DL(2015)11 (May 2015), replacing the former NHS continuing healthcare guidance, CEL 6 (2008). This is confirmed as still the current guidance — check gov.scot for any more recent version before relying on this.
    www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/dl-2015-11.pdf
  4. Continuing NHS Healthcare: the National Framework for Implementation in Wales (July 2021, effective 1 April 2022), Welsh Government, and its Decision Support Tool (Version 2, March 2022). A full review of this framework is pending, following an interim policy amendment on its interaction with direct payments that took effect 1 April 2026.
    www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2022-03/continuing-nhs-healthcare-the-national-framework-for--implementation.pdf
  5. Department of Health (Northern Ireland), policy announced 11 February 2021; quashed by the High Court, June 2023; reinstated by the Court of Appeal in McMinnis's Application for Judicial Review \[2024\] NICA 77 (20 November 2024). The UK Supreme Court refused permission to appeal that decision on 27 June 2025, so this is now the final, settled position.
    www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judiciaryni/2024-12/McMinnis'%20(Robin)%20Application%20for%20Judicial%20Review.pdf
  6. NHS-funded Nursing Care weekly rate, already cited in "The Partial Answer: NHS-funded Nursing Care." From 1 April 2026, £267.68 a week in England, or £368.24 a week for a resident on the former higher band (a closed cohort: those on the higher band before 1 October 2007). Check the current figure at [ageingparent.co.uk/s/fnc-rate-2026-27](https://ageingparent.co.uk/s/fnc-rate-2026-27).
    www.gov.uk/government/news/better-community-care-thanks-to-nursing-funding-boost
  7. Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002, and SSI 2002/303, as above.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/5/contents
  8. NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC) Interim Policy Statement (November 2022), Welsh Government, setting the rate at £201.74 a week for 2022/23, with an annual inflationary adjustment described but not confirmed for later years. Check the current figure with your parent's Local Health Board.
    www.gov.wales/nhs-funded-nursing-care-fnc-interim-policy-statement-november-2022-html
  9. nidirect.gov.uk, "Paying your care home fees." Check the current figure and financial year with your parent's Health and Social Care Trust.
    www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/paying-your-residential-care-or-nursing-home-fees
  10. Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2672), already cited in "The Parent With Nothing to Assess" and "When the Money Runs Out."
    www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2672/regulation/12
  11. Care Information Scotland, "Capital limits," reflecting the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidance (CRAG), Scottish Government, issued under the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968\. These figures take effect on 6 April, not 1 April. Check the current figures at [ageingparent.co.uk/s/cis-capital-limits](https://ageingparent.co.uk/s/cis-capital-limits).
    www.careinfoscotland.scot/topics/care-homes/paying-care-home-fees/capital-limits
  12. Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1843), as amended in 2019\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1843/made
  13. Age Cymru Factsheet 46w, "Paying for care and support at home in Wales." Check the current figure with your parent's Welsh local authority.
    www.agecymru.wales/siteassets/documents/information-guides-and-factsheets/fs46w.pdf
  14. Welsh Government written statement, "Raising the weekly maximum charge for adult non-residential care and support" (6 December 2024). Despite the title, Welsh Ministers decided to maintain the cap at £100 a week rather than raise it.
    www.gov.wales/written-statement-raising-weekly-maximum-charge-adult-non-residential-care-and-support
  15. Department of Health (Northern Ireland), Circular HSC (CHU) 1/2026, "Charges for Residential Accommodation 2026/27" (12 March 2026, effective 6 April 2026): capital limits confirmed unchanged at £14,250 (lower) and £23,250 (upper). The same circular sets Northern Ireland's Personal Expenses Allowance at £36.62 a week from 6 April 2026 — higher than England's equivalent figure. Check the current year's circular with your parent's Health and Social Care Trust, since this is reissued annually.
    www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-03/Circular%20HSC%20%28CHU%29%201%202026%20Charges%20for%20Residential%20Accommodation%202026%2027.pdf
  16. Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Article 15(4), gives a Trust a general discretionary power to charge for home help. The rule that no one aged 75 or over pays is long-standing Department of Health (Northern Ireland) policy applied under that power, not a fixed entitlement written into the Order itself — ask your parent's Trust to confirm it still applies.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/15
  17. Care Act 2014, s.34, and the Care and Support (Deferred Payment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2671), already cited in "The Agreement That Buys You Time."
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/34
  18. Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/5/contents
  19. Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983, s.23. Some Scottish councils are reported to use this in preference to a deferred payment agreement, though no official statistics confirm how widespread this is. Ask your parent's Scottish council which option it offers, and on what terms.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/41/section/23
  20. Care and Support (Deferred Payment) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1841).
    www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1841/made
  21. Care Act 2014, ss.31–33, already cited in "Managing the Money Yourself."
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/31
  22. Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/1/contents
  23. Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, Part 4, and the Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1815).
    www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1815/made
  24. Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, for the person needing care, and the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, s.8, for a carer.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/131/made · www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/6/section/8
  25. Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2672), regulation 22, and Care and Support Statutory Guidance, Annex E — already cited in "The Gift That Wasn't."
    www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2672/regulation/22 · www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-statutory-guidance/care-and-support-statutory-guidance
  26. Care Act 2014, s.70, already cited in "The Gift That Wasn't."
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/70
  27. National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992, as amended for Scotland, and the Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidance (CRAG).
    www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2977/contents
  28. Care and Support (Financial Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1844), regulation 22\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1844/contents
  29. Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983, s.21. This section extends to accommodation under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 by its own terms.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/41/section/21
  30. Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, Articles 15 and 36\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/15
  31. Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, s.72.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2014/4/section/72
  32. Local Government Act 1974, and the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 and Health Service Commissioners Act 1993, already cited in "Challenging What the Council Decided." The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is due to be renamed the Public Service Ombudsman from 1 October 2026 — same body, same powers.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/7/section/26 · www.ombudsman.org.uk/new-name
  33. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/11/contents
  34. Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/3/contents
  35. Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016\.
    www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/4/contents/enacted
  36. Each ombudsman's own published complaints guidance.
    www.spso.org.uk/contact-us · www.ombudsman.wales/contactus · www.nipso.org.uk/contact
  37. Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, Model Complaints Handling Procedure for health and social care, mandatory from 1 January 2026\.
    www.nipso.org.uk/service-providers/complaints-standards/model-complaints-handling-procedures

Sources for the other chapters are listed at ageingparent.co.uk/sources/who-pays. Free guides on the topics in this book are at ageingparent.co.uk.