§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) acute trusts and (b) PCTs have set up pooled budgets with social services departments to tackle delayed discharge. [84589]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 2 December 2002]: 16 pooled budget schemes have been notified to the Department which explicitly address the reduction of delayed discharge as a target. Of these 13 involve both acute trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs), and three involve only PCTs as partners with local authorities. None involves only acute trusts and local authorities.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health(a) how many people and (b) how long over 75s experienced delayed discharge, broken down by (i) elective and (ii) emergency admissions in each region in the last quarter of 2002–03. [84598]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The information requested is not collected centrally.