Care Homes
Commons · Question 119186 · Tabled 9 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients discharged from hospital to nursing or residential care placements outside their home local authority area due to local shortages of provision.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Mar 2026
The Department does not hold an estimate of the number of patients discharged from hospital to nursing or residential care placements outside their home local authority area due to local shortages of provision. Local authorities have statutory responsibil...