Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, when developing the Interface Care and Discharge without Delay programmes, what assessment it made of the current delayed discharges situation for (a) physical and (b) mental healthcare.
The detrimental effects on physical and mental health and wellbeing are well known and documented. Reducing that harm, and ensuring that people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time, is the key ethos behind the improvement programme. Data on the number of, and reason for delay, is collected monthly by Public Health Scotland and will be used, along with other data to measure progress and improvement.