AQW 53767/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of hospitalised patients that are currently waiting for a place in a residential, nursing or care home in the (i) the Northern; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trusts.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 3 February 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 3 February 2016
- Answer due by
- 18 February 2016
- Answered
- 10 March 201636 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My department has set a target that 90% of complex discharges from an acute hospital are discharged within 48 hours. A discharge is regarded as complex when it can only take place following the implementation of a significant home based or other community based service, including residential or nursing home services.
At 4th February 2016, there were 5 patients in the Northern HSC Trust and 6 patients in the Western HSC Trust whose discharge from hospital had been delayed longer than the agreed 48 hours, due to a lack of available nursing home, residential home or EMI (Elderly Mentally Infirm) beds.