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Lord Kamall (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 March 2025

Debate

Safe Housing and Hospital Discharge

Contribution

My Lords, NHS data from last month revealed that there are about 13,800 people who are medically fit for discharge, which is up from 12,000 patients awaiting discharge on 1 December. As other noble Lords have said, we know that that causes a bottleneck in hospitals that is not good for patients while they wait to go home. As has been said, one way to reduce that bottleneck is the greater use of virtual wards, allowing people to stay in their home for longer, to be monitored in their home and to receive care. The Minister has answered this question to a certain extent, but can she tell us more about the Government’s overall plan for virtual wards, not just in this case but for physical and mental health care, in order to ensure that we can get more patients out of hospital beds and into their homes, where they can receive the care they deserve and be constantly monitored?

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