DTOC

Between 32% and 54% of the people delayed were discharged to a setting where the levels of care were not well-matched to their needs... In 92% of these cases, the setting was providing a more intense level of care than would have maximised the individual's independence... In 2018, the national Better Care Support Programme - a partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, NHS England and the Local Government Association commissioned a national follow up to ‘Why not home? Why not today?'. It was undertaken by Newton, in collaboration with local improvement teams, and explores and builds on the findings and recommendations from ‘Why not home? Why not today?'.