Clause 2 - Notice of patient's possible need
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill
11:30 am
Mr John Baron (Billericay, Conservative)
If patients are being moved from hospitals to social services, social services should have a say in determining their clinical requirements, because they will be meeting those requirements once those patients leave hospital. It is an error simply to rely on the hospitals. There must at least be a period of consultation and co-operation, and I hope that the amendments would move us in that direction.