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Recommendation 13
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Prevention and early intervention offer better value than solely hospital discharge focus.
Conclusion
Other evidence we received put forward alternative ways of taking pressure off the NHS and other parts of the public sector, that might offer better value for money. For example, the National Care Forum suggested that measures to enable a shift towards prevention and early intervention, rather than a narrower focus on hospital discharge of older adults to deal with NHS backlogs, could unlock benefits for people of all ages and a range of conditions and life situations.27 The Challenging Behaviour Foundation 20 Q 12 21 RSE0003 22 RSE0023 23 RSE0027 24 Q 55; C&AG’s Report, para 1.10 25 Q 12 26 RSE0005 27 RSE0004 Reforming adult social care in England 13 suggested that better community provision for people with learning difficulties could prevent unnecessary admission to NHS funded inpatient units and speed up discharge of people with learning difficulties.28