Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance clinical commissioning groups should follow on funding for treatment of people with a new or enhanced care package who are discharged under emergency procedures during the covid-19 outbreak; and for what time period that funding should be available.

On 19 March the Department published Hospital Discharge Service Requirements, in partnership with NHS England, which applies to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). This is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-hospital-discharge-service-requirements