The Decision Support Tool (DST) is a national tool which has been developed to support practitioners in the application of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing Care 2018 (the National Framework).

The tool is a way of bringing together information from the assessment of needs and applying evidence in a single practical format to facilitate consistent evidence-based recommendations and decision making regarding eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare.

All staff who use the DST should be familiar with the principles of the National Framework and have received appropriate training.