Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Executive of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the Acting Director of Adult Social Care, outlining progress being made reducing complex discharges in the Hospital, attached.

The Panel considered the report of the Chief Executive of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the Acting Director of Adult Social Care, outlining progress being made reducing complex discharges in the Hospital.

The Panel noted the positive work undertaken and improvements made since its last consideration of the issue including:

·  the impact of the new Domiciliary Care contracts on delayed discharges;

·  the integration of work with partners for a system wide response on delayed transfers;

·  work on pre-discharge assessments including establishment of a new Care Placement Team and consideration of other ways of working; and

·  a new approach to family choice, all of which were leading to an improvement in the flow of patients.

The Panel noted that its support was requested for the move to achieve 13 discharges per day for Southampton patients to allow more operations to be performed this winter and better access from the emergency department for those patients needing beds.  The Panel questioned as to when this target might be achieved over a sustained period although it was acknowledged the target had been achieved and indeed exceeded on occasion.

RESOLVED that, taking into account the increased pressure on the system anticipated over the winter period and effects of new initiatives, the progress on discharges and delayed transfers of care be considered at the meeting of the Panel on 28 January 2016.