We can help ensure the correct NHS assessment for you, a friend or a relative for care home funding eligibility. And if you meet certain criteria, we can help you reclaim fees that you have already paid.
Giles Wilson are experts in reviewing care home needs assessments, commissioning independent nursing reports and undertaking internal appeals within the NHS. We can help you achieve part or whole funding for the care of yourself or a loved one.
If your needs are medical, or your assets are worth less than £23,500, then you are entitled to full NHS funding for care home fees. While £23,500 may not seem like a lot of money, we can advise you on how to manage your assets in a more practical way, helping to achieve the funding you are entitled to.
Even if you have been assessed in the past, we can appeal on your behalf, arguing for the decision to be overturned. And help you get a refund on the fees you have paid to date.
Whether you need help with an assessment or think you've been incorrectly assessed, we can help you get the right decision, reclaiming fees where possible.
Trusts can be a mystery to many people, often with a notion that they promise unlimited benefits for estate planning and asset protection purposes.
In Series 2, Episode 1 of the #TVLawyer Podcast, Melinda Giles speaks to fellow Giles Wilson Partner and Private Client specialist Caroline Woodham about the changes to Inheritance Tax law after the Autumn Budget 2024 was announced in November.
With Powers of Attorney you are giving power to someone to make decisions about everything about you if you don’t want to or can’t make those decisions yourself.
The expertise of our solicitors is regularly recognised by some of the profession’s most distinguished organisations. As well as being a member of a number of Law Society schemes, we have won awards at the Law Society Excellence Awards, the Halsbury Legal Awards and the Modern Law Awards.
We have also received recognition in the form of the Lexcel mark of quality, a Legal 500 listing and a place on the shortlist of The Lawyer’s Boutique Firm of the Year.
Our accolades
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