Many patients get more sick because hospitals send them home too soon, patient safety group claims

Many do not record if patients have a safe home to return to

Tuesday 21 July 2015

More than half of NHS hospitals do not record whether a patient has a safe home to return to before discharging them, according to a new report.

Patient safety group Healthwatch England said that while almost all of the 120 NHS hospitals that responded to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request carried out “discharge checklists”, many did not include a record of whether patients had food, water and heating available at home.

Many Patients Get More Sick Because Hospitals Send Them Home Too Soon, Patient Safety Group Claims by Thavam Ratna