The Government has been urged to make funding for its ‘discharge to assess’ scheme permanent in a bid to free up thousands of hospital beds and help the NHS recover from the pandemic.
The Government has confirmed it will provide £478m to fund the scheme for a further six months to help patients leave hospital as quickly as possible and receive care in or close to their homes.
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