FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/01061
- Request Date
- June 29, 2016
- Subject
- Complex Discharges
- Description
Please will you kindly provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to complex discharges from your hospital(s):
- Does the Trust have a policy for complex discharges?
- If yes, is it publicly available and how can it be accessed?
- How many complex discharges were there in 2015?
- What was the proportion of complex discharges compared to the total number of discharges?
- On average, how long did the process take from the decision to discharge to the discharge taking place?
- On average, how long did it take to define the care plan?
- On average, how long did it take to implement the care plan once it had been defined?
- How many discharges took more than two weeks?
- Response
- There is no specific Trust policy for complex discharges, we apply the guidelines set out in the Care Act and within National guidance on Continuing Health Care.
- N/A
- This information is available on the NHS England website here.
- We are unable to provide this level of detail.
- We are unable to provide this level of detail.
- We are unable to provide this level of detail.
- We are unable to provide this level of detail.
- This information is available on the NHS England website here
More information may be obtained from these organisations:-
Blackpool CCG http://blackpoolccg.nhs.uk/contact-us/freedom-of-information/
Mid Lancs CSU http://midlandsandlancashirecsu.nhs.uk/freedom-of-information