Issue - meetings

Update on Discharges from University Hospital Southampton

Meeting: 28/01/2016 - Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Item 22)

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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.

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Minutes:

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 also heard from a Consultant Geriatrician from University Hospital Southampton on issues relating to care of the elderly and impact on discharges at the Hospital.

 

The Panel noted the good progress that had been made in many areas towards improving safe and timely discharge from hospital, and that the joint work that had been put in was starting to show its results in terms of the increasing number of discharges and improved operational position at the hospital. The Southampton system appeared to be performing better than the Hampshire system.

 

The Panel were informed of the remaining challenges including:

·  There was a discharge target for Southampton of 13 per day.

·  Issues around domiciliary care, in particular delays and capacity within domiciliary care agencies to support large packages of care which impacted on weekend discharges.

·  Issues around weekend discharges and staffing in nursing and residential homes.

 

RESOLVED that an update on delayed transfers of care be provided for consideration at the meeting of the Panel on 30 June 2016.