Why are delayed discharges from hospital increasing? Seeing the bigger picture
The data analytics team delve into the range of factors that can cause delays in discharging patients from hospital.
This care or support can be both practical and emotional – and the individual’s needs might stem from illness, disability, old age or poverty.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
The data analytics team delve into the range of factors that can cause delays in discharging patients from hospital.
This project will carry out ambitious research on the demand for and supply of health and social care.
This project will carry out ambitious research on the demand for and supply of health and social care.
Richard Humphries reflects on the extra government funding announced to help speed up hospital discharge – and considers the pitfalls of this approach.
Our response to Rishi Sunak's comments on care workers on the Laura Kuenssberg programme
Ellen Coughlan reflects on learnings from the Health Foundation’s Strengthening Social Care Analytics programme.
Our response to NHS performance statistics and House of Lords' report on adult social care
Our response to the Fabian Society inquiry: Roadmap to a national care service
Our evidence to the Adult Social Care Committee’s Inquiry on ‘Lifting the veil: Removing the invisibility of adult social care’.
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