Community Care
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
There are also concerns that councils are taking on responsibilities that should fall to the NHS, because of the drive to discharge people from hospital as quickly as possible, which means people are leaving wards with greater needs than previously.
Community Care
APRIL 4, 2022
Ensuring that care providers and councils have the staff and capacity to handle hospital discharges is crucial to ensure people get the right care at the right time, and to freeing up NHS time and space. However, in the letter, NHSE/I director of community health Matthew Winn admitted post-discharge capacity may reduce in some areas.
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Community Care
JANUARY 13, 2022
“More than 50 million PCR and 142 million LFD kits have been delivered to care homes and we have invested a further £478 million to support safe and timely hospital discharges to get patients into the best place for their care and support to continue.”.
Community Care
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
This can be spent on meeting adult social care needs, supporting the provider market, speeding up hospital discharge and otherwise reducing NHS pressures. That will take a long-term plan, with long term increases in funding to provide the care and support older and disabled people need and to support us all to live and work and care.”
Community Care
DECEMBER 14, 2022
If this were to be the case, we could make some inroads in maintaining the essential workforce needed so that older and disabled people can continue to access support and live life fully.” . “Care work is highly skilled and all care workers should be paid more than the national living wage.
Community Care
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
93% of directors said they backed more government funding for adult social care beyond £500m announced in September to support the workforce and hospital discharges , which is yet to be allocated two months on. Williams added: “The £500m discharge fund will not solve this, when it is finally distributed – and it is urgently needed.
Community Care
MARCH 8, 2022
Age UK charity director Caroline Abrahams said: “If it had passed, it would have taken the cap beyond the grasp of older people with few or modest assets, poorer places and disabled people of working age. It will also disproportionately affect working age adults with disabilities.” ” Related articles. ”
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