Hospitals: Discharges

(asked on 9th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have a discharge date planned under the Transforming Care programme.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 16th May 2019

The data is not available in the precise format requested.

Based on the latest Assuring Transformation (AT) data for March 2019, we estimate that around 30% of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme would be to another inpatient facility.

The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, 25 people were transferred to another hospital setting. This was 16% of the total number of people discharged or transferred within the month.

In March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges recorded in the AT data. The reason for the delayed discharge was recorded 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 National Health Service 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

The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as multiple reasons may be assigned to an individual patient.

In March 2019, 965 patients have a discharge planned to a community or residential setting.

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