Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23521

Psychiatric Patients: Discharges

Tabled: 24 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that mental health discharge processes protect the (a) patient and (b) community.

Answer

On 26 January 2024, new statutory guidance was published for those being discharged from mental health inpatient settings. This sets out how health and care systems can work together effectively to support the discharge process from all mental health inpa...

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