Farley Dwek Solicitors Limited

27th April 2026 Reference for Farley Dwek (Manchester), in Solicitor’s Review. My late mother’s NHS claim for CHC, Continued Health Care. At the grand old age of 99, in January 2023, my mother passed away. She had been a full-time resident in a Sussex care home for 6 1/2 years. She had received a good standard of care in the home, throughout her stay. For the last 3 years of her life, her osteoarthritis became pronounced, and she was virtually immobile. She quickly lost weight, and became bed-bound. The lady had several significant health care needs. In 2016, the family was obliged to sell the family house in Eastbourne, to begin to pay for the care home fees. In 2018, I had a tussle with the Sussex CCG (predecessor of the ICB) who initially decided that mother was not eligible for Funded Nursing Care (FNC). This decision was appealed, and the CCG subsequently decided in retrospect that FNC was applicable, and FNC was backdated to her arrival in the care home in 2017. Soon after her passing in January 2023, I contacted Farley Dwek (FD) to assist with a potential NHS CHC claim. Andrew Farley was most helpful, and he introduced me to Gill Cropper, a senior case manager at FD. Gill has been really great. She has made a big convoluted extended claim as straightforward as possible, always on hand with top quality, relevant advice. In early 2023, I paid a once-off fee to FD, and commissioned a Retrospective Review of my mother’s potential case. I am so glad I did this, as it has formed the basis of the CHC claim itself. We decided to make a CHC claim for the final two years of mother’s residency. By dint of perseverance, Gill has put together a substantial piece of medical and legal research , despite the care home health records being patchy and some of poor quality. However, in October 2025, the ICB came to the conclusion that there was no eligibility for CHC in these two years. They had their reasons for this. But with Gill Cropper leading, and with her extensive needs evidence to hand, she decided to appeal the ICB 2025 conclusion. We are of the opinion that several of the domains have been under valued by the ICB. Earlier in April 2026, we met with the ICB, via microsoft Teams online - this meeting is called a Local Resolution Meeting, or LRM. We discussed the various CHC domains, and Gill made it clear where and why we are disagreeing with the ICB case. Gill had prepared for this meeting very well. She had a real grasp of the headline banner material, as well as the details supporting my mother’s case. I could not have attended the LRM on my own. I have thanked Gill for her continued high quality support. We are hoping for a positive appeal outcome this time round. I do fully recommend the services of Farley Dwek. Gill Cropper has shown herself as a worthy legal advocate. Thank you Gill for all your hard work, professionalism and advice, over the last 3 years. Reference for Farley Dwek (Manchester) , provided by Steven Kyle, FCA. Son and Executor of his mother’s estate.  

Having experienced a full CHC assessment for our dad and funding being declined, we wanted to be better prepared when mum's health sadly deteriorated and she was put forward for a full CHC assessment. I initially spoke to Andrew, who explained a variety of ways in which the company could help. He was very pleasant to converse with and there was absolutely no pressure to commit. Upon discussions with family we decided to use the advisory phone call whereupon we had an in-depth discussion with Maq, whose advice was excellent. I would absolutely recommend Farley Dwek if you are seeking CHC funding, particularly as it is often declined when it should not be. We were pleasantly suprised that mum was awarded the funding and we are certain the fact that we had mentioned we had used Fawley Dwek, contributed to this decision. We had prepared well for mum's assessment, however upon talking to Maq it really highlighted several things we hadn't considered, which enabled us to be fully armoured with precise evidence during the CHC meeting. The cost of getting advice is so minimal in comparison to the extortionate fees for nursing homes, I would absolutely say do it, to give your loved one the best chance of getting the funding if they meet the criteria. Had we been better prepared for dad's we are sure he would have received funding too. Sadly he passed away and the 5 months he was in a nursing home cost £20,000. Seek advice to ensure you are fully prepared for these difficult meetings.

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Andrew Farley

We received good service from this company, although ultimately the service came from an independent self employed ex Nurse Assessor / Manager instructed by them. To this end, I suspect the fees were a little high. That being said, the service we received from that Assessor was superb. I can’t speak highly enough of them. Their knowledge, experience & professionalism were second to none & no doubt assisted us in understanding the process & obtaining the funding. Thank you Maq! I would highly recommend him.

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Andrew Farley

Ruth Pople of Farley Dwek Solicitors is exceptional as a CHC Appeal Advocate. Her thoroughness is very impressive and her skilful written submissions and advocacy before the Independent Review Panel of NHS England meant that we won and my Dad was found to be eligible for CHC Funding for nursing and care fees. Highly recommended.

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Ruth Pople

I approached Farley Dwek for help in securing Continuing Health Care Funding for my husband who has advanced dementia. My first conversation with the solicitor was friendly and supportive , I was directed to extremely helpful free literature on their sister website and information on the services they offer and prices were emailed to me as well as a link to the free advice. No pressure was put on me to secure their services. Having been told by various health professionals that CHCF for dementia is particularly hard to secure and read the free information about the assessment process to secure funding I decided I wanted the additional support of a nurse to advocate for my husband. This is one of the services offered by FD . One of their nurse was appointed ted to help us. She had vast experience of the CHCF system and had previously worked as an assessing nurse for the NHS. The weekend before the scheduled assessment the nurse spent two hours taking me through a mock assessment and gathering as much information as she could about my husband. I was reassured and was able to confidently explain our case at the actual meeting with the advocate nurse beside me. She was invaluable dipping into the conversation occasionally to clarify what was the understanding of the meeting on a particular point, or challenging aspects of care and ensuring correct protocol was followed. The outcome my husband was awarded CHCF and most of the fees already paid were recovered. Everyone I talked with at the firm were caring , understanding , knowledgeable and professional. Every promise to get in touch, get back with information was kept in a timely and efficient manner. Superb service.

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Andrew Farley

We approached Farley Dwek for help following a CHC funding MDT that left us feeling let down and confused. The administrative team were very efficient and after an initial telephone chat, we very quickly received a call back from Andrew Farley to discuss our situation in more detail. I found Andrew to be extremely professional, reassuring, objective and well-informed. He gave me an honest appraisal of our situation and empathetically addressed our expectations from a position of wisdom and experience. Despite the fact we had not officially appointed his firm at that stage (we were still awaiting the CHC decision), he was very generous and gracious with his time on the phone/emails. Thanks to Andrew’s guidance, we were able to articulate and feedback our reservations to the CHC and they ended up ruling in our favour. We therefore did not end up having to formally instruct Farley Dwek for representation but our impression was that they were an exemplary firm with judicious invested leadership and noble ethics.

Farley Dwek solicitors I can highly recommend. Their extreme professionalism,and knowledge of the C.H.Csystem is second to none.After a lengthy time Farley Dwek solicitors that is ; Jonathan Dwek and Debbie Payton ,successfully won a substantial amount of money that was reimbursed to me from C.H.C Continuing Healthcare) monies that were paid for her Nursing care in a nursing home .Ultimately I was told her care must be self funded and sold her home to cover these costs.Farley Dwek pursued a case against this decision! They proved that my mother had reached the criteria for financial assistance from the C.H.C,This wonderful refund would not have occurred if Farley Dwek were not involved. Sincerely a happy client.