Statutory guidance: Hospital discharge and community support guidance

Department Of Health

January 26

16:37 2024

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Please read Infection prevention and control in adult social care settings and Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement for further information on discharging people who are likely to be infectious with COVID-19 from hospital to a care home.

This document sets out how health and care systems can ensure that people:

Published 31 March 2022
Last updated 26 January 2024 +show all updates

26 January 2024
Updated 'Hospital discharge and community support guidance' to reflect new duties introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022 for NHS bodies and local authorities and to provide additional detail on good practice in care transfer hubs.
1 July 2022
Added call-out box to the guidance (PDF and HTML attachment) to explain that Section 91 of the Health and Care Act comes into force on 1 July 2022, introducing a new duty for NHS trusts and foundation trusts to involve patients and carers (including young carers) in discharge planning.
31 March 2022
First published.