Unlike adult social care, which is means tested and can be arranged through local councils, CHC is a package of care arranged and funded solely by the NHS.
According to data provided by the OACP, 10,000 invoices were left unpaid in Oxfordshire in April, when Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board transitioned to become Thames Valley ICB.
The situation deteriorated further by the end of April, with care providers being unable to access a national NHS platform, with 16,000 unpaid invoices in Oxfordshire and £44m owed across the region.
It amounts to about 15% of the CHC budget and is expected to take six months to deal with the backlog.