Social Services: Wolverhampton
(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) many delayed transfers of care occurred in Wolverhampton and (b) much Wolverhampton City Council has been fined for those delayed transfers in the last 12 months.
This question was answered on 21st November 2017
The total number of delayed transfers of care in Wolverhampton between October 2016 and September 2017 was 10,176 days (not individual cases).
Data regarding any fines imposed by NHS England that may have been incurred by Wolverhampton City Council are not held centrally. The Department does not have the power to fine councils for delayed transfer of care performance.