Clause 4 - Liability to make delayed discharge payments
Community Care (Delayed Discharge etc.) Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam, Liberal Democrat)
The Minister suggests that the assertion that there is such a link is made by hon. Members on the Liberal Democrat Benches. A survey conducted on two separate occasions over four years by Carers UK shows a marked increase in the number of carers who experienced a readmission as an emergency a short time after discharge. They considered that that was entirely due to premature discharge.