Commission chaired by Rt Hon Paul Burstow
NHS Providers, 11 November 2015
NHS Providers, 11 November 2015
- The Commission report collates evidence and good practice in transfers of care in all provider settings – across acute, community, mental health and ambulance services - and offers practical approaches to tackle the causes of delayed transfers of care.
- Causes of delayed transfer of care include:
- complex challenges within the patient journey from health settings back into the community or social care.
- workforce capacity and skills mix
- flow within and between organisations
- Specific messages for a number of national organisations with a wide range of recommendations are presented. These include a call to the Department of Health for further guidance to speed up the process of Continuing Healthcare assessments, including these assessments in arrangements for assess to discharge.
- The report also includes a wide ranging "Call to Action" for Providers, CCGs, Local Councils and HWBs.
- "In the end this report boils down to three calls to action. These calls to action are addressed to every part of the health and care system. First, start with the person (the patient or service user). They are your common cause. Second, ask yourself how do we help this person get back to where they want to be? Third, agree what the data tells you. A shared understanding of the numbers can help with tracking down the root causes."p3
See the monthly statistics on Delayed Transfers of Care here.
