This letter follows the recent government announcement regarding focusing funding on discharging patients from acute beds to improve patient care and system flow.

The fund is designed to increase capacity in post-discharge care and support improved discharge performance, patient safety, experience and outcomes. Through use of this fund, integrated care board are expected to deliver reductions in the number of patients who do not meet the criteria to reside but continue to do so, as well as improvements in patient flow which in turn help waiting times in emergency departments and handover delays.