Hospitals: Community Care
Lords · Question HL346 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Porter of Spalding
To ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people of working age remain in hospital despite being declared fit for discharge because their local integrated care board has declined to pay for their care in the community.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 8 Jun 2026
The Government does not hold this data. NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of patients who remain in hospital despite no longer meeting the clinical criteria to reside and the reasons for this. However, this does not specify whether delays a...