Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31714

Psychiatric Hospitals: Discharges

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

Conservative — Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve discharge rates from mental health hospitals.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Discharge from Mental Health Inpatient Settings statutory guidance, published in January 2024, provides clarity in relation to how health and care systems can work together to support safe and timely discharge from all mental health inpatient settings...
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