AQW 53767/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 03/02/2016
Answered On Date: 10/03/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of hospitalised patients that are currently waiting for a place in a residential, nursing or care home in the (i) the Northern; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trusts.

Answer:

My department has set a target that 90% of complex discharges from an acute hospital are discharged within 48 hours. A discharge is regarded as complex when it can only take place following the implementation of a significant home based or other community based service, including residential or nursing home services.

At 4th February 2016, there were 5 patients in the Northern HSC Trust and 6 patients in the Western HSC Trust whose discharge from hospital had been delayed longer than the agreed 48 hours, due to a lack of available nursing home, residential home or EMI (Elderly Mentally Infirm) beds.