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Ensuring the effective discharge of older patients from NHS acute hospitals
— report by the Comptroller and Auditor General | | Corporate Author | National Audit Office - NAO |
| Publisher | The Stationery Office, London, 2003 |
| Pages | 53 pp (HC 392 Session 2002/03) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. Also available on the National Audit Office website: www.nao.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Delayed discharge ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Policy ; Coordination ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | Most older people who are discharged from National Health Service (NHS) acute hospitals are dealt with promptly. However, the Department of Health (DH) estimates that some 4,100 or 8.9% of older patients are declared fit to leave hospital on any given day, but are unable to be discharged. This report takes three perspectives on the problem of delayed discharge: whether NHS hospitals are handling the discharge of older patients efficiently; whether the NHS and others are working well together; and what is being done to develop appropriate capacity in health and social care. Appendices include information on: rates and causes of delayed discharge as at 30 September 2002; action in response to recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts report, "Inpatient admissions, bed management and patient discharge" (HC 135, session 2000/01); and key points from the Health Committee report, "Delayed discharges" (HC 617 session 2001/02) and the Audit Commission report, "Integrated services for older people" (2002). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030229001 B |
| Classmark | LD:QKM: LD:QKJ: QAD: QAJ: 6OA |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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