An extra £200 million will be made available to the NHS to discharge medically fit patients
The government will inject £200 million into the NHS to discharge medically fit patients into care homes to free up hospital beds and reduce pressure.
Read more: The multi-million pound drugs gang who splashed their cash on designer clothes and Rolex watches "In addition, we are trialling six National Discharge Frontrunners – innovative, quick solutions which could reduce discharge delays, moving patients from hospital to home more quickly.” “Winter is always hard for the NHS and social care, and this year especially with flu in high circulation. That’s why we provided the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund earlier in the winter.
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