Fourteenth Report: Readying the NHS and social care for the COVID-19 peak

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 405 29 July 2020
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 26 items (6 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 24 of 26 classified)
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 5
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fourteenth report from Session 2019-21 · published 18 Nov 2020
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Discharging patients from hospital into social care without first testing them for COVID-19 was an...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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