delayed transfer of care


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delayed transfer of care

A postponed passing of patient care from hospital or healthcare services to social care in the UK, which is addressed under The Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act 2003.
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There is already some evidence of how delayed transfer of care can be reduced, and cost savings achieved to fund other aspects of healthcare, where relevant budgets are combined, as in Greater Manchester.
This often proves to be a false economy when other costs are factored in such as additional community nursing needs, respite care provision and all the costs that follow from delayed transfer of care.
Why bed-blocking in our hospitals must be tackled
She added: "The findings from the Wales Audit Office report will feed into the ongoing work that is being carried out by the All-Wales Independent Review into Delayed Transfer of Care that was commissioned by the National Assembly last year."
WALES: Crackdown on 'bed blocking' Vulnerable people at risk, says new report
Her call comes after figures released yesterday showed the number of patients experiencing a delayed transfer of care increased by 6.8% Bed blocking occurs when a patient is waiting to be moved to different part of the NHS but is forced to wait due to the lack of beds being available for them to be transferred.
Calls for action over bed blocking
Every one of the published delayed transfer of care statistics is a person with unique needs, a concerned family and the right to choose their future.
'The way to beat blocking has to be realistic funding '
'We are putting a further pounds 19.5m each year until 2007 to help increase the capacity for people to be cared for at home and in the community.' What's causing the delays?: Bed blocking is officially known as delayed transfer of care.
BED-BLOCK NUMBERS IN DECLINE
The rate of delayed transfer of care (bed blocking) for people over 75 for social care reasons;
How we measured
Health Minister Jane Hutt, who has invested pounds 4m into tackling the problem, said if Wales calculated its delayed transfer of care figures in the same way as England, there would only be about 150 people experiencing such delays.
Tackling health-care scandal
Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust said that one of the many benefits this post will bring is a reduction of instances of bed blocking, otherwise known as delayed transfer of care.
Wales News Bulletin
Bed blocking - officially called delayed transfer of care - occurs when elderly and infirm people have to stay in hospital because they cannot be cared for in the commun i t y.
Alarm at 38% hike in `bed blocking
An Assembly spokeswoman said, ``We have already made available an extra pounds 17m over two years to help strengthen the care home sector, reduce delayed transfer of care and avoidable hospital admissions.
Care homes crisis `to hit hospitals' HEALTH: Bed blocking will get worse as closures continue, say officials
``The main factor is lack of beds because of emergency admissions coupled with delayed transfer of care of patients.''
Hospitals hit despite winter cash injection; HEALTH: Operations scrapped

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