Care Homes: Closures
(asked on 28th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of care home closures in England since 2019 on the ability of the NHS to discharge elderly patients from hospital.
This question was answered on 7th March 2022
No formal assessment has been made. We have established a national discharge taskforce to reduce delayed discharges and ensure patients are only in hospital for as long as they need to be. In addition, we have provided £462.5 million via local authorities during the winter for care providers to increase recruitment and existing care support.