Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £200 million discharge fund, announced in January 2023, how his Department plans to measure the number of people who receive a care and support plan, including rehabilitation.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are required to report on the additional capacity purchased by the £200 million fund for step down care and put in place appropriate oversight processes to ensure capacity purchased is being utilised. NHS England have published guidance for the £200 million fund, including what ICBs have been asked to report on through a daily sitrep which is available at the following link:
Nationally, the oversight of capacity purchased through the £200 million fund is monitored daily through The National Strategic Oversight and Delivery Group with regions, and weekly at the Discharge Improvement Board which is attended by regional discharge leads.