Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) number and (b) value of payments made by NHS bodies to local authorities under the Transforming Care programme to support patients discharged in each 12-month period was between March 2015 and March 2019.
The information on delayed discharges is not held in the format requested. NHS Digital routinely publishes the number of delayed discharges in relation to the Transforming Care programme in their monthly Assuring Transformation (AT) publication which can be found at the following link:
The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges.
The AT data includes the reason for discharge. In March 2019 the reason for a delayed discharge was as follows:
Reason for delayed discharge | Number of inpatients* |
Lack of agreed health care funding | 10 |
Lack of agreed social care funding | 15 |
Awaiting non-acute NHS care | 5 |
Awaiting residential home | 30 |
Awaiting nursing home | 0 |
Awaiting care package in own home | 10 |
Awaiting community equipment | 0 |
Patient or family choice | 10 |
Lack of local health provision | 10 |
Lack of social care support | 20 |
Lack of suitable housing provision | 40 |
Other reason for delay | 50 |
Total delayed discharges | 105 |
Note:
* The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as there may be multiple reasons assigned.
NHS England does not hold information on the number and value of payments made by NHS bodies to local authorities under the Transforming Care programme to support patients discharged in each 12-month period between March 2015 and March 2019.