§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on delayed discharges 309W in (a) the Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust and (b) the Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust area. [145621]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonService and Financial Framework returns for quarter two of 2003–04 show that there were 24 patients in the Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust (PCT) area whose transfer of care had been delayed, and six in the Hambleton and Richmondshire PCT area. A copy of the report is available in the Library.
Craven, Harrogate and Rural District PCT has agreed a strategy with all key stakeholders that aims to maintain people in their own homes where possible with support from a multi-disciplinary team. This will ultimately be available 24 hours a day, with access to diagnostics and secondary care as appropriate.
Hambleton and Richmondshire PCT is working with North Yorkshire Social Services to develop interim care beds and alternatives to people waiting in the acute hospital.