Readying the NHS and social care for the COVID-19 peak

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 4 Jun 2020 Closed: 2 Dec 2020 Parliament page
On Monday 22 June, in the next of our new series of work on NAO reports into the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will question the Permanent Secretary and Finance Director at the Department for Health and Social Care; the Chief Executive of the NHS; NHS England; Public … Read more
6 Recommendations
20 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
18 Nov
2020
Report published
16 Oct
2020
Correspondence
29 Jul
2020
Report published
21 Jul
2020
Correspondence
22 Jun
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
22 Jun 2020
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Reading the NHS and social care for the COVID-19 peak
Amanda Pritchard · NHS England Catherine Frances · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Professor Paul Johnstone · Public Health England Rosamond Roughton · Department for Health and Social Care Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care Sir Simon Stevens · NHS England and NHS Improvement Steve Powis · NHS England
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourteenth Report: Readying the NHS and social care for the COVI… HC 405 29 Jul 2020 26 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fourteenth Report: Readying the NH…
Discharging patients from hospital into social care without first testing them for COVID-19 was an...
Discharging patients from hospital into social care without first testing them for COVID-19 was an appalling error. Shockingly, Government policy up to and including 15 April was to not test all patients discharged from hospital for COVID-19. In the period … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation, stating that updates were provided in October 2020. They will ask the SAGE Care Homes Working Group to keep discharge evidence under review and referenced existing Adult Social Care plans for patient testing prior to care home discharge, with a target implementation date of Spring 2021.
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Government Response AI assessment · 24 of 6 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 5
Total 6 recs + 20 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
16 Oct 2020 Correspondence from Julian Kelly, NHS Chief Financial Officer, re Readying the NHS and social care for COVID-19, dated 18 September 2020
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21 Jul 2020 Correspondence from Public Health England in relation to the Committee's inquiry Readying the NHS and social care for the COVID-19 peak, dated 2 July 2020
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