Issue - meetings
Discharge Without Delay - HSCP.24.053
Meeting: 09/07/2024 - Integration Joint Board (Item 16)
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Additional documents:
Decision:
(i) to note the content of the report;
(ii) to instruct the Chief Officer to bring an update to the IJB in September 2024, of the intended improvement activity in order to achieve the target set; and
(iii) to note that thereafter progress would be reported to each meeting of the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.
Minutes:
The Board had before it a report advising of the local response to the national oversight of Discharge Without Delay (DWD) following a letter to all Health and Social Care Partnerships from the Cabinet Secretary, Health and Social Care, on 4 July 2024, which outlined a national focus on DWD across local systems. The Chief Officer – Social Work – Adults, spoke to the report and responded to questions from Members.
The report recommended:
that the Board:
(a) note the content of the report;
(b) instruct the Chief Officer to bring an update to the IJB in September 2024, of the intended improvement activity in order to achieve the target set; and
(c) note that thereafter progress would be reported to each meeting of the Clinical and Care Governance Committee.
The Board resolved:-
to agree the recommendations.