Internal Reference Number: FOI_9360
Date Request Received: 23/04/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 24/04/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Home Care
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information relating to patients requiring complex home care packages on discharge from hospital. For clarity, 鈥渃omplex home care鈥� refers to high-acuity packages requiring significant care input (e.g. ventilation, tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, or complex neurological support) that goes beyond basic domiciliary home care assistance. Failing that definition, please define 鈥渃omplex home care鈥� as any home care package eligible for funding under the NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding pathway. Please note I have requested a breakdown of the data by age group. If data cannot be broken down by requested age bands, then please provide total figures across all age groups, adults aged 18+ and children aged 0-17. If data for the full year 2025/26 is not yet available, then please provide the latest yearly snapshot data for 2025/26. Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached spreadsheet. Please provide the name, telephone number and email address of the person responsible for coordinating / liaising discharge from hospital to community health and social care providers. | |
| Answer To Question 1: The enquiry would be better suited to CHC teams in BSW , Hants and Dorset 鈥� the liaison is never done from hospital when commissioning care with agencies, all systems have ways of doing this as the CHC teams are the commissioners. These are generic addresses and the organisations will host CHC teams Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB - bswicb.foi@nhs.net Integrated Care Board :: NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight - https://www.hantsiow.icb.nhs.uk/contact-us/freedom-information-foi NHS Dorset 鈥� Integrated Care Board - communication@nhsdorset.nhs.uk | |
| Question Number 2: For each of the following years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and latest 2025/26 data), please provide the total number of bed days lost due to delays in arranging CHC-funded complex home care packages across: a. All age patients b. Adult patients aged 18-64 years c. Child patients aged 0-17 years | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 3: Please provide the most recent available snapshot (e.g. March 2026) of the total number of patients currently in hospital who are medically fit for discharge but are awaiting a CHC-funded complex home care package across: a. All age patients b. Adult patients aged 18-64 years c. Child patients aged 0-17 years | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 4: If available, please also provide latest equivalent snapshots for prior years (e.g. March 2025, March 2024, March 2023) of the total number of patients currently in hospital who are medically fit for discharge but are awaiting a CHC-funded complex home care package across: a. All age patients b. Adult patients aged 18-64 years c. Child patients aged 0-17 years | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 5: For each of the following years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and latest 2025/26 data), please provide the average time (in days) from being medically fit for discharge to discharge where a CHC-funded complex home care package is required across: a. All age patients b. Adult patients aged 18-64 years c. Child patients aged 0-17 years | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 6: For each of the following years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and latest 2025/26 data), please provide the number of patients who were assessed as requiring complex home care but were discharged to an alternative setting (e.g. residential or nursing care) due to a lack of CHC-funded complex home care packages across: a. All age patients b. Adult patients aged 18-64 years c. Child patients aged 0-17 years | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see response to Q1 | |
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