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Fourteenth Report: Readying the NHS and social care for the COVID-19 peak

Public Accounts Committee HC 405 Published 29 July 2020

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Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

26 items (6 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 24 of 26 classified

Accepted 11

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 6

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 5

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourteenth report from Session 2019-21 · published 18 Nov 2020

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

2 Recommendation Accepted in Part

Discharging patients from hospital into social care without first testing them for COVID-19 was an...

Recommendation

Discharging patients from hospital into social care without first testing them for COVID-19 was an appalling error. Shockingly, Government policy up to and including 15 April was to not test all patients discharged from hospital for COVID-19. In the period … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government agrees with the recommendation, stating that updates were provided in October 2020. They will ask the SAGE Care Homes Working Group to keep discharge evidence under review and referenced existing Adult Social Care plans for patient testing prior to care home discharge, with a target implementation date of Spring 2021.

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