Question reference: S5W-28626
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 April 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients who were previously categorised as delayed discharge patients have been discharged from hospital to make way for coronavirus capacity, and how many of them have been discharged (a) with and (b) without a care package in place.
Answer
All delayed discharge patients will have required some form of care after discharge, either in their own home, care home or other community setting. Using a Home First Discharge to Assess approach many partnerships are discharging people for further rehabilitation and on-going assessment at home, or in a more homely setting. This approach provides a much better outcome for the individual since the assessment is undertaken in a more realistic living setting than a hospital ward.
Delayed discharge management information is now being published regularly on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-data-for-scotland/ .