Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110827, if his Department will commit to monitor the average duration of transfers of care.
The Government has no plans to monitor the average duration of transfers of care.
NHS England does collect and publish information on transfers of care that have been delayed. This shows the total delayed days during the month for all delayed patients. The information is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/