Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are also concerns that councils are taking on responsibilities that should fall to the NHS, because of the drive to discharge people from hospital as quickly as possible, which means people are leaving wards with greater needs than previously.

Hospital Discharges 334

Hospital Discharges Hospitals Healthcare Recovery 334

Community Care

JANUARY 17, 2023

That was the warning from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), in response to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) plan to give the NHS £200m to block-book step down beds in care homes to which to discharge some of the 14,000 people who are medically fit to leave hospital but cannot.

Hospital Discharges 246

Hospital Discharges Rehabilitation Hospitals Government 246

Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

. “We are concerned that people leaving hospital are ending up in the wrong places, with the wrong support, away from the people and things that are important to them which means they are at increased risk of a slower recovery and a potential unnecessary return to hospital,” network co-chairs Hannah Scaife and Sarah Range told Barclay.

Hospitals 282

Hospitals Social Worker Recovery Rehabilitation 282