Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospitals (a) have and (b) do not have care transfer hubs.

Care transfer hubs are local health and social care coordinating centres linking all relevant services across sectors to manage complex discharges. As of May 2023, 167 National Health Service acute trusts (99%) self-assessed as aligned to a care transfer hub, and one was in the process of setting one up.

As of May 2023, 19 community hospital trusts said they were not yet aligned to a care transfer hub, and these will be a focus for the next phase.

We have since provided support to local systems to strengthen their care transfer hubs ahead of this winter. This support is provided through the Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan support offer, and includes webinars, action learning sets and access to case studies and best practice.