{"value":{"id":1237251,"askingMemberId":4573,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-29T00:00:00","uin":"94510","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons NHS Mental Health Trusts are not included in the guidance, Hospital discharge service: policy and operating model; and for what reasons there is no equivalent guidance for those Trusts.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1481,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>It is our priority to ensure that people are discharged safely from hospital to the most appropriate place, and that they continue to receive the care and support they need.</p><p>Under the Discharge Service Requirements, people who are clinically ready will be supported to return to their place of residence, where an assessment of longer-term needs will take place, using the ‘Discharge to Assess (D2A)’ HomeFirst model. Mental health inpatient services are not within scope for this guidance.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2020-09-29T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Hospitals: Mental Health Services","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1237251","method":"GET"}]}