5th Report - Follow-up to PHSO report on unsafe discharge from hospital
- HC No.
- HC 97
- Published
- 28 Sep 2016
- Items
- 0
- Response
- Response document linked Read government response ↗
Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Follow-up to PHSO report on unsafe discharge from hospital inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 12 May 2016
Closed: 25 Oct 2017
1 report
Inquiry scope
The report looks at the work already carried out by the PHSO (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) which highlighted harrowing cases that illustrated the human costs of poor discharge, causing suffering and distress for patients, and anguish for their carers and relatives. Poor patient discharge can take the form of both delayed transfers of care, where patients are kept in hospital longer than is necessary, and premature or early discharge, where patients are discharged before it is clinically safe to do so, or without appropriate support in place.Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 2016 | No witnesses recorded | View ↗ |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 25 Apr 2017 | To committee | Letter from David Mowat MP to Bernard Jenkin MP relating to Government response for issues raised in the PHSO dated 18 April 2017 |