Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 36113

Hospitals: Discharges

Tabled: 6 March 2025

Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards about their policies to reduce delayed discharge from hospital where patients meet the criteria to (a) return home or (b) receive comm

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Government is working to reduce delayed discharges, ensuring that people are not stuck in hospital beds when they are well enough to go home. We will tackle delayed discharges by improving local partnership working between the National Health Service ...

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