Eligibility criteria for continuing care funding
| Band | Definition | Examples | |
| 1 | Unipartite funding—health | Children whose medical condition is so unstable that they require round the clock nursing care and whose health needs are such that alternatives are not appropriate | Children on home ventilation or with unstable tracheostomies |
| 2A | Bipartite funding—health and social services | Children with severe challenging behaviour due to a psychiatric/medical condition or with severe physical disabilities whose needs cannot be met at home without additional professional/respite support | Children with cerebral palsy and gastrostomies or autistic children with challenging behaviour who need respite care either at home or in an “out of home” scheme |
| 2B | Health and education | Children whose health needs are such that no local educational placement is appropriate or a placement cannot be maintained without additional support | Children with tracheostomies or other medical problems needing a carer in school |
| 3 | Tripartite funding | A child needing a combination of 2A and 2B | Children with a medical diagnosis such as cerebral palsy or severe learning disability and challenging behaviour or epilepsy, where local placement has broken down and residential placement is needed |