Hospitals: Discharges

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered on 21 September 2023.

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Photo of Wes Streeting Wes Streeting Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of hospital process-related delays to discharge in each of the last 12 months.

Photo of Helen Whately Helen Whately Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England publishes monthly management information on the reason for discharge delays. The data, along with information on how it should be interpreted, is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/discharge-delays-acute-data/

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