Subject	Predicate	Object
g1C4mEpE	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	3ZzNHmYU
	answer has answering person	Stephen Barclay
	answer text	<p>NHS Improvement and NHS England are taking a joint approach to reduce patient handover delays, including:</p><p> </p><p>- improved monitoring and daily review of ambulance handover delays by national and regional winter operations teams;</p><p>- targeted assistance to hospital trusts to improve handover performance; and</p><p>- the issuing of revised, detailed hospital handover guidelines, focussing responsibility on the wider system to address handover delays, including clear escalation procedures.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway to improve patient flows within the hospital, alongside improving discharge arrangements.</p>
	answer given date	2018-01-23
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	g1C4mEpE
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	g1C4mEpE
3ZzNHmYU	question has answer	g1C4mEpE
Stephen Barclay	answering person has answer	g1C4mEpE