Community Care

JANUARY 13, 2022

“More than 50 million PCR and 142 million LFD kits have been delivered to care homes and we have invested a further £478 million to support safe and timely hospital discharges to get patients into the best place for their care and support to continue.”.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Mental Health Home Care 289

Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Most of this will come via the Better Care Fund – the existing stream designed to support health and social care integration – to finance services to support hospital discharge, with the rest coming through a ring-fenced grant.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Government Home Care 311

Community Care

JANUARY 17, 2023

“Our concern is that with the focus on discharge above everything else,” she added. “We can see from ADASS surveys that directors of adult social care are prioritising their resources to support hospital discharge or to respond to referrals where there are concerns about abuse or neglect.

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Hospital Discharges Rehabilitation Hospitals Mental Health 269

The Guardian

JANUARY 5, 2022

It said that rules meaning homes with Covid cannot accept hospital discharges will cause backlogs in the already struggling NHS. Over 11,000 care home workers are off for Covid reasons, according to internal health system staffing data seen by the Guardian. Continue reading.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals 145

Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

.” However, they warned that the current situation left councils in “the invidious position of having to make decisions about paying providers more to retain staff at the same time as being very aware of the numbers of people waiting for or having insufficient care and support” While the government has provided councils and NHS leaders (..)

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Home Care Hospital Discharges Disability Hospitals 230

Community Care

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In response to the report, the government cited its white paper commitments, along with a further £500m allocated to social care this winter to speed up hospital discharge and boost the workforce.

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Hospital Discharges Government Healthcare Hospitals 299

Community Care

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The CQC welcomed the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) injection of £500m into the sector this winter to boost its capacity to respond to hospital discharges and tackle workforce shortages. Extra £500m for social care a ‘sticking plaster’, warn sector leaders. per hour per social care employee.

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Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Mental Health 277

The Guardian

APRIL 27, 2022

Analysis: The high court found policy that sent untested people into homes was illegal and irrational Covid care home discharge policy was unlawful, says court This time of year brings bad memories for families of care home residents who died in Covid’s first wave when the virus swept, mostly unchecked, through nursing homes.

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Hospital Discharges Nursing Home Hospitals 86

Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

93% of directors said they backed more government funding for adult social care beyond £500m announced in September to support the workforce and hospital discharges , which is yet to be allocated two months on. Williams added: “The £500m discharge fund will not solve this, when it is finally distributed – and it is urgently needed.

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Hospital Discharges Government Interventional Disability 283

Social Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Here, Hayley shares her thoughts on how care staff can provide solutions to hospital discharge pressures and support admission avoidance strategies, including the redesign of traditional residential and nursing care provision, using the lessons from the past to inform the future.

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Hospitals Hospital Discharges Interventional Rehabilitation 73

Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The NHS will be given the majority of a £500m fund for adult social care, designed to speed up hospital discharge and bolster the care workforce.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Therapist Home Care 258

Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge. On taking up the presidency, she says: “It’s daunting – but exciting at the same time. The roadmap gives us a tool, a resource to support a narrative with government.

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Social Worker Hospital Discharges Disability Government 259

Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

300m for adult social care to support hospital discharge. This will need to be pooled, within the Better Care Fund, with a further £300m to support discharge, likely channelled through the NHS.

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Government Hospital Discharges Hospitals Social Worker 239

Health & Social Care Workforce

JUNE 8, 2021

Senior Research Fellow, Dr Michelle Cornes, has been working with NHS England and Improvement on the new Discharge to Assess (D2A) practice guidance, identifying good practice examples that illustrate how this new hospital discharge policy can work effectively for patients … Continue reading →

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals 52

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The package, designed to speed up hospital discharges by increasing the availability of social care, and to boost the supply of care staff, was broadly welcomed by councils, providers, think-tanks and charities. 52% rise in vacancies.

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Hospital Discharges Government Recovery Hospitals 257

Community Care

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They also referenced the £500m the DHSC has provided for adult social care this winter to support faster hospital discharges and improved recruitment and retention. Of this, £3.6bn has been allocated to implementing the funding reforms, as well as a drive for councils to pay providers a fair cost of care, in England.

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Hospital Discharges Social Worker Government Social Services 262

The Guardian

JANUARY 4, 2023

Part of this funding is extensions to existing short-term grants, part is extensions to winter funding focused on hospital discharges and part is dependent on council tax rises, which not all local authorities will impose.

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Hospital Discharges Social Services Social Services Hospitals 43

Community Care

JANUARY 25, 2022

A BASW spokesperson said staff shortages in the wider workforce had been exacerbated by Omicron, resulting in a lack of provision “to facilitate hospital discharge or to support a preventative approach”. Vacancies across adult social care rose from 9.2% to 9.4% , from November to December 2021, up from 6.1%

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Social Worker Hospital Discharges Mental Health Welfare 246

Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

Our evidence shows what a devastating time hospital discharge can be for carers if they are not consulted, involved or given the right information and support to care safely and well. It is vital to uphold this amendment and ensure that it remains in the bill. They should not be taken for granted.” ”

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Hospital Discharges Government Hospitals Consultation 309

Social Care

APRIL 28, 2022

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Mairead helped to keep staff safe whilst prioritising safe hospital discharge, enabling even clientas with more complex care needs to return home quickly – making a huge impact to the families traumatized by the virus. Click the links to find out more about the work Mairead has supported.

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Hospital Discharges Hospitals Diversity Clinic 64

Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care. That was the message today from the Adult Principal Social Worker Network in an open letter to health and social care secretary Steve Barclay.

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Social Worker Hospitals Recovery Interventional 306

Community Care

JANUARY 30, 2023

Four in ten people whose discharge from hospital is delayed are awaiting a social care package, according to NHS data. The figure, revealed today in a government plan to reduce hospital pressures, came as council leaders criticised ministers for a narrative of “blaming” social care for delayed discharges.

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Hospitals Social Worker Home Care Government 276

Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Communicating clearly about medication requirements during transitions of care — either from one hospital setting to another or during a hospital discharge — helps prevent errors. As with previous goals, communication is the primary component, both verbal and written.

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Patient Safety Communication Healthcare Hospitals 52