{"value":{"id":1490230,"askingMemberId":4603,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-18T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-20T00:00:00","uin":"38783","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the timely discharge of patients back into the care sector from (a) Heartlands Hospital, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, (c) Good Hope Hospital and (d) Solihull Hospital Birmingham.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4680,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-26T00:00:00","answerText":"<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department’s hospital discharge guidance sets out that local systems should adopt discharge processes to meet the needs of the local population. Birmingham City Council uses a discharge to assess model which enables patients in the Heartlands, Good Hope and Queen Elizabeth hospitals to be discharged with care and support whilst the full assessment is undertaken outside of hospital.</p><p>This guidance states that local areas may select the appropriate funding mechanisms to support timely hospital discharge, such as the Better Care Fund (BCF). Through the BCF, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is establishing initiatives to support timely hospital discharge from Solihull Hospital Birmingham. A home discharge service has been established to support 95% of those ready to be discharged to return home on the same day and an early response service to prevent hospital admissions by providing care visits. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is also working with the voluntary sector to deliver a ‘Home from Hospital’ service, which provides support to newly discharged patients through such tasks as shopping.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Care Homes: West Midlands","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1490230","method":"GET"}]}