NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) is provided solely by the NHS when an individual over 18 is assessed and found to have a primary health need as set out in National Framework. The care package will meet the individual's health and social care needs that have arisen as a result of disability, accident or illness. NHS CHC can be provided in a variety of setting outside the hospital. 

NHS-funded Nursing Care (NHS FNC) provided when an individual is not eligible for NHS CHC but has been assessed as needing care from a registered nurse. It is when the NHS pays for the provision of nursing care by a registered nurse in a nursing home. Further information on the cost of NHS-funded nursing can be found on the NHS website.

Further information on the NHS CHC and NHS FNC can be found in the National Framework (linked above).

Joint policy funding applies when an individual is not eligible for any alternative funding stream e.g. s117, s75, s256 budgets, discharge to assess or FNC. The individual's care package will be jointly funded by both the NHS and the local authority.

Further information can be found in the joint funding policy (linked above).