Autumna conducted a survey of over 500 home care agencies and care homes to examine provider experiences of the hospital discharge system. Their findings include:
- 93% of care providers would like to see government reform of the hospital discharge process
- 85% of care providers who have a positive relationship with their local hospital discharge teams still want the process reformed
- 24% of respondents say it takes more than a week on average for patients declared fit to leave hospital to be discharged into their care
- 7% of respondents say it takes three weeks or more on average for patients declared fit to leave hospital to be discharged into their care.
Read the full report here.
Our own research into the hospital discharge process came to similar conclusions, click here to read the full report.