Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed transfers of care were notified by (a) Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and (b) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust for the monthly situation report in each month in 2016.
Information on the number of delayed transfers of care in Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and Lancshire Teaching Hospitals Trust in each month in 2016 are shown in the table below.
Delayed Transfers of Care | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust |
January 2016 | 968 | 1,223 |
February 2016 | 1,012 | 1,246 |
March 2016 | 1,084 | 1,482 |
April 2016 | 512 | 1,651 |
May 2016 | 442 | 1,174 |
June 2016 | 287 | 1,163 |
July 2016 | 246 | 1,238 |
August 2016 | 292 | 1,520 |
September 2016 | 478 | 1,694 |
October 2016 | 541 | 1,818 |
November 2016 | 530 | 1,980 |
December 2016 | 618 | 2,119 |
Source: NHS England Delayed Transfer of Care