Letter confirming that the National Discharge Fund comes to an end on 31 March 2022, plus additional supporting guidance.

Published 28 March 2022.

Framework to support new surge capacity using care homes to support those who can recover/receive rehabilitation or reablement support instead of residing in a hospital bed.

Published 22 December 2021.

Service specification for local populations/systems, to support new surge capacity for predominately older people to recover/receive rehabilitation or reablement in a care home instead of residing in a hospital bed.

Published 22 December 2021.

Questions and answers around the Patient Discharge Services Framework.

Published 22 December 2021.

Guidance and ‘how to guide’ aimed to meet accommodation needs for patients discharged from hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Published 22 December 2021.

How to guide and guidance for local systems to set up a hotel to meet accommodation needs for patients discharged from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published 22 December 2021.

Guidance on the national discharge fund for quarters 1 and 2 of 2021/22.

Published 20 May 2021.

Guides on how to complete the EPRR SitRep reports.

Updated 29 September 2022.

An update to health and social care systems on funding of post-discharge support for the remainder of the 2020/21 financial year. Letter from Matthew Winn.

Published 10 February 2021.

Information on the arrangements to fund hospices to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated 9 February 2021.

Three schemes that systems can immediately implement for discharging people home from hospital. Letter from Matthew Winn.

Published 20 January 2021.

Letter and standard operating procedures supporting immediate roll out of a COVID ‘virtual ward’ model.

Published 13 January 2021.

Measures to support improvements in the performance and oversight of the discharge to assess services across England. Letter from Matthew Winn and Dr Cliff Mann.

Published 23 December 2020.

Guidance on people being discharged from hospitals to care homes who are COVID-19 positive.

Guidance on accessing and referring patients into the digital rehabilitation programme.

Published 6 November 2020.

COVID-19 hospital discharge service requirements. Letter from Prof Keith Willett, Matthew Winn, Rosamond Roughton and Alex Skinner, plus link to GOV.UK guidance documents and leaflets.

Published 19 March 2020.

Guidance on when it is appropriate to discharge.

Stay at home guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

Advice for patients on being discharged. Plus link to GOV.UK stay at home guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

Guidance for care and handling of the deceased with suspected or confirmed coronavirus.

The NHS now has responsibility for testing patients being discharged to a care home, in advance of a timely discharge. Letter from Prof Keith Willett and Matthew Winn.

Published 16 April 2020.

Links to our recent publications, updates from our workstreams and a range of topical news from across the sector.