Nobles discharges

Summary

The requester asked for patient discharge statistics for specific dates in May 2021, a copy of the Hospital Discharge Policy, and details on recent audits. Manx Care provided the discharge figures, the current policy documents, and confirmed that no audits regarding discharge adherence were conducted in the specified 12-month period.

Key Facts

• Manx Care provided discharge statistics for Nobles and Ramsey hospitals for four Fridays in May 2021.
• The current Hospital Discharge Policy on file was written in 2014, with a new version pending launch.
• A Patient Discharge Planning Tool from June 2019 was also provided.
• No audits regarding Hospital Discharges or policy adherence were conducted between May 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021.
• The request was received on June 2, 2021, and the response was issued on June 29, 2021.

Data Disclosed

• 97
• 92
• 81
• 78
• 2
• 1
• 3
• 0
• 99
• 93
• 84
• 78
• 2014
• 2019
• 2020-05-01
• 2021-05-31
• 2021-06-02
• 2021-06-29

Original Request

1 How many patients were discharged on Friday, 28th May 2021(bank holiday weekend); Friday, 21st May 2021; 14th May 2021 and 7th May 2021. 2 Please provide a copy of the Hospital Discharge Policy. 3 Please provide details of how many audits have been carried out over the last 12 months (1st May 2020 to 31 May 2021) in regard to Hospital Discharges and the adherence the Discharge Policy.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 1821533 29th June 2021

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 2 June 2021 and which states:

"1 How many patients were discharged on Friday, 28th May 2021(bank holiday weekend); Friday, 21st May 2021; 14th May 2021 and 7th May 2021. 2 Please provide a copy of the Hospital Discharge Policy. 3 Please provide details of how many audits have been carried out over the last 12 months (1st May 2020 to 31 May 2021) in regard to Hospital Discharges and the adherence the Discharge Policy."

Our response to your request is as follows: 1. How many patients were discharged on Friday, 28th May 2021 (bank holiday weekend); Friday, 21st May 2021; 14th May 2021 and 7th May 2021. Date Total Nobles discharges Total Ramsey discharges Total discharges 07.05.2021 97 2 99 14.05.2021 92 1 93 21.05.2021 81 3 84 28.05.2021 78 0 78 2. Please provide a copy of the Hospital Discharge Policy. Appendix 1 is the current policy on file which was written in 2014. The document that will supersede this policy has recently returned from the policy group and will be launched after a further review. Appendix 2 is the Patient Discharge Planning Tool Jun, written in 2019. 3. Please provide details of how many audits have been carried out over the last 12 months (1st May 2020 to 31 May 2021) in regard to Hospital Discharges and the adherence the Discharge Policy. DHSC/Manx Care (post 01.04.2021) have not conducted any audits within this time frame regarding Hospital Discharges and adherence to the Discharge Policy attached. Please quote the reference number 1821533 in any future communications.

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