BackCommenting on the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report, which says that social care is approaching tipping point, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor said:
“Today’s report should act as a wake-up call to the government. We see far too many cases where frail and older people are being discharged from hospital without the right social care in place.”
She further stated that “The problem of unsafe discharge will only get worse unless the government tackles the heart of the problem – the chronic underfunding of social care which is piling excruciating pressure on the NHS.”
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s unsafe discharge report earlier this year revealed that patients were being sent home alone, afraid and unable to cope and in some cases without their relatives or carers being told, resulting in devastating consequences.
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Source: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman - UK
