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Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Monday, 8 November 2021 to Friday, 7 January 2022
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- HD 01 - Morgannwg Local Medical Committee PDF 132 KB
- HD 02 - Community Pharmacy Wales PDF 509 KB
- HD 03 - Janet Finch-Saunders MS PDF 425 KB
- HD 04 - An individual PDF 101 KB
- HD 05 - Royal College of Occupational Therapists PDF 294 KB
- HD 05a - Additional information from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and Royal College of Occupational Therapists PDF 255 KB
- HD 06 - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists PDF 354 KB
- HD 07 - British Geriatrics Society PDF 530 KB
- HD 08 - Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB PDF 490 KB
- HD 09 - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health PDF 258 KB
- HD 10 - Care Inspectorate Wales PDF 577 KB
- HD 11 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales PDF 254 KB
- HD 12 - Stroke Association PDF 346 KB
- HD 13 - British Medical Association Cymru PDF 337 KB
- HD 14 - Macmillan Cancer Support PDF 196 KB
- HD 15 - Royal College of General Practitioners PDF 157 KB
- HD 16 - Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust PDF 1 MB
- HD 17 - Age Cymru PDF 214 KB
- HD 18 - Carers Trust Wales PDF 240 KB
- HD 19 - An individual PDF 179 KB
- HD 20 - Royal College of Nursing Wales PDF 295 KB
- HD 21 - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh PDF 185 KB
- HD 22 - Alzheimer's Society Cymru PDF 346 KB
- HD 23 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 877 KB
- HD 24 - Care & Repair Cymru PDF 610 KB
- HD 25 - Royal Pharmaceutical Society PDF 316 KB
- HD 26 - Royal College of Physicians PDF 253 KB
- HD 27 - British Red Cross PDF 417 KB
- HD 28 - Royal College of Psychiatrists PDF 233 KB
- HD 29 - Multiple Sclerosis Society Cymru PDF 199 KB
- HD 30 - Mind Cymru PDF 359 KB
- HD 31 - Care Forum Wales PDF 260 KB
- HD 32 - Board of Community Health Councils PDF 248 KB
- HD 33 - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board PDF 689 KB
- HD 34 - National Pharmacy Association PDF 212 KB
- HD 35 - Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru PDF 688 KB
- HD 36 - Welsh NHS Confederation PDF 271 KB
- HD 37 - Royal College of Emergency Medicine PDF 253 KB
- HD 38 - Leonard Cheshire PDF 228 KB
- HD 39 - Carers Wales PDF 290 KB
- HD 40 - Healthcare Inspectorate Wales PDF 268 KB
- HD 41 - Powys Teaching Health Board PDF 306 KB
- HD 42 - Chartered Society of Physiotherapy PDF 290 KB
- HD 43 - WLGA & ADSS Cymru PDF 437 KB
- HD 44 - Policing in Wales PDF 331 KB
- HD 45 - British Association of Social Workers PDF 293 KB
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Purpose of the consultation
Purpose of the consultation
Good patient flow improves the quality of care for patients, but a number of factors are likely to be causing delayed transfers of care, including capacity issues within the social care system, meaning that some patients who are ready for discharge remain in hospital. This has detrimental impacts on both the individual, and the flow of patients through the hospital, contributing to pressure on A&E departments and ambulance services.
During the Sixth Senedd, the Health and Social Care Committee plans to explore how patient flow through hospitals can be improved.
The first part of this work is a short inquiry focusing on hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals.
The Committee considered:
- the scale of the current situation with delayed transfers of care from hospital.
- the impact of delays in hospital discharge, both on the individual and the patient flow through hospitals and service pressures.
- the variations in hospital discharge practices throughout Wales and cross-border, and how they are meeting the care and support needs of individuals.
- the main pressure points and barriers to discharging hospital patients with care and support needs, including social care services capacity.
- the support, help and advice that is in place for family and unpaid carers during the process.
- what has worked in Wales, and other parts of the UK, in supporting hospital discharge and improved patient flow, and identifying the common features.
- what is needed to enable people to return home at the right time, with the right care and support in place, including access to reablement services and consideration of housing needs.
The closing date for submissions was Friday 7 January 2022.
Along with your submission, you should provide the
following information:
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- If you are under 13 years old,
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provided via email).
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(names of individuals under 18 years old will not be published).
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you would like the committee to treat any or all of your written evidence
as confidential, with reasons for the request.
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confirmation that they have agreed that you can share information that may
be used to identify them and that they understand that it will be
published.
How to share your views
To share your views electronically, please send to SeneddHealth@senedd.wales, or by post to Health and Social Care Committee, Welsh Parliament, Cardiff, CF99 1SN.
Providing Written Evidence
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Disclosure of information
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Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: SeneddHealth@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565