United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 565
Hospital Beds
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11 February 2020
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18 February 2020 · Answer
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18 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients have timely access the care require to leave hospital in order to ease pressure on the NHS from delayed discharge from hospital.
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11 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients have timely access the care require to leave hospital in order to ease pressure on the NHS from delayed discharge from hospital.
Source: Commons
18 February 2020
Answer
The Department is clear that no one should stay in a hospital bed longer than necessary. The jointly set Better Care Fund (BCF) plans focus on reducing delayed transfers of care (DToCs). All local health and care systems must adopt the centrally-set expec...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-11/565
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1177745
- uk · wq-1177745 · source updated 18 February 2020