Funding to speed up hospital discharges

SOCIAL care teams in Flintshire and Wrexham will receive an additional £2.75 million to help support community care and speed up hospital discharge.

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The funding - a recurring annual grant - is part of a £30 million Pathway of Care Transformation Grant package announced by the Welsh Government earlier this summer to ease winter pressures on hospitals this year.

Later this week Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) will discuss the details of how local authorities will use the money to increase social care capacity in the community to speed up patient discharge from hospital.