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Leaving hospital: the price of delays
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In 2003 Government introduced a policy of reimbursment to help tackle the problem of hospital discharge delays. The Community Care [Delayed Discharges] Act, 2003, placed an obligation on councils to reimburse NHS acute hospital trusts in circumstances where a patient remained in hospital solely because community care arrangements to support discharge had not been made. This study has examined the early implementation of this policy and the impact it appears to be having on people and services. However, it would be unwise, given the short time since implementation, to draw premature conclusions about its longer-term influence on the wider health and social care system. The study also found it difficult to isolate the impact of reimbursement from the many other historical, cultural and operational factors at play.