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Follow-up to PHSO report on unsafe discharge from hospital
— fifth report of Session 2016-17: report, together with formal minutes relating to the report | | Corporate Author | Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons |
| Publisher | London, September 2016 |
| Pages | 27 pp (HC 97) |
| Source | Download: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/... |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Management [care] ; Standards of provision ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | This report focuses on issues arising from 'A report of investigations into unsafe discharge from hospital' by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO, May 2016). The Committee aims to understand the scale of the problems, identified as discharging patients before they are ready, delayed transfers of care, poor communication with relatives and carers, and variation of best practice implementation. Identified as barriers to best practice implementation are barriers within hospitals and barriers across care systems. A lack of integration between health and social care is preventing seamless discharge processes that are coordinated around the patient's needs. The report notes the establishment of a Discharge Programme Board which would bring together health and social care organisations, for which the Secretary of State for Health must set out clear objectives by March 2017. The Committee also expects another body, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, to investigate "serious incidents of unsafe discharge, to learn lessons from each case, and to ensure that learning is disseminated and implemented throughout the NHS." (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160930002 E |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: QA: 583: 6OA |
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