NICE issues guidance to tackle the revolving door of care’ for adults following hospital treatment

NICE has published guidance aimed at supporting people with social care needs to leave hospital in a timely and coordinated way. The guidance will help to reduce the number of people returning hospital unnecessarily, ensuring they receive the continuity of care they need when they return to their communities. The recommendation comes from NICE’s latest social care guideline which aims to improve the transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care settings for adults with social care needs. Delays in the discharge of patients place a huge burden on the NHS. Figures from NHS England show that more than a million hospital days were