Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients have been discharged from NHS hospitals to care homes since 19 March.

On 2 June, NHS England published data that showed 22,497 patients were discharged from hospitals in England to registered care homes and hospices between 19 March 2020 and 16 April 2020. We do not currently have access to data post-16 April 2020. The data is based on day of discharge and excludes privately funded people discharged from privately run hospitals to care homes.

It is our priority to ensure that everyone is discharged safely from hospital and to the most appropriate available place.