Hospitals: Discharges

(asked on 25th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Carers UK report, Carers’ experiences of hospital discharge, published on 7 September 2021; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 18th January 2022

We have considered Carers UK’s report, which highlights the need for good practice to be implemented consistently across the system. Since the publication of the report, we have worked with carers’ organisations to produce new hospital discharge guidance, which is due to be published in spring 2022. This will set out best practice for supporting carers during hospital discharge processes.

Our current guidance advises that the status and views of carers should be accounted for when planning a patient’s hospital discharge. This includes determining if carers are willing and able to provide care. All patients and where relevant, their carers, should be given information and advice when the patient is discharged, including who they can contact for further support.

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