Continuing care for children and young people

What continuing care is

Continuing care is an NHS-funded care package for children and young people:

• under 18
• with complex health needs
• who need more support than a GP, hospital, community or specialist service can usually provide

It is different from NHS continuing care for adults.

The care package can support complex needs related to:

• breathing
• eating and drinking
• mobility
• continence and elimination
• skin and tissue health
• communication
• drug therapies and medicines
• psychological and emotional needs
• seizures
• challenging behaviour