Acute patient delays in transfers of care - ...

This data has been taken from LGInform at http://lginform.local.gov.uk/ data ref ID 286. It show acute delayed transfer of care is delayed (monthly snapshot) in Plymouth monthly from Sep 2010 to Mar 2017

Acute patients whose transfer of care is delayed (monthly snapshot) - Based on a snaphot on the last Thursday of the month, this is the total number of acute patients with a delayed transfer of care. A delayed transfer of care occurs when a patient is ready to depart from such care and is still occupying a bed.

A patient is ready for transfer when a clinical decision has been made that patient is ready for transfer AND a multi-disciplinary team decision has been made that patient is ready for transfer AND the patient is safe to discharge/transfer.

Data on delayed transfers of care is collected from providers of NHS funded care and can be viewed by the local authority that is responsible for each patient delayed, the agency responsible for delay (NHS, Social Services or both), the type of care that the patient receives (acute or non-acute) and the reason for delay. This data is provided through the Department of Health dataset MSitReps DTOC. Source name: NHS England Collection name: Monthly situation Report on Acute and Non-Acute Delayed Transfers of Care by Local Authority Polarity: Low is good