Clause 2 - Notice of patient's possible need
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill
11:30 am
Mr John Baron (Billericay, Conservative)
Point taken—but, at the same time, all parties must co-operate on transferring patients. It cannot be left solely to NHS bodies to decide the criteria for transferring patients who become the
responsibility of social services. There must be closer co-operation. Obviously, NHS bodies must have a say, but social services must also be consulted because many patients are transferred to them.