Have you or a loved one recently been discharged from hospital?
This is your opportunity to share your experiences.
Healthwatch Halton & Healthwatch Warrington are currently working with the NHS and want to hear from anyone who has been discharged from hospital, following an admission, in the last year.
A lot of work in the planning of health and care services focuses on trying to make sure that people don’t stay in hospital any longer than they need to, because it is recognised that prolonged hospital stays can cause loss of independence and deterioration in a person’s health.
The ‘Discharge to Assess’ model introduced in 2020 aims to ensure that people are discharged to the right place with the right support at the right time without unnecessary waits for care assessments whilst in hospital. However, we know that this doesn’t always happen because of current challenges in the health and care system. It is key that as we move forward, that people’s experiences both during discharge and after leaving hospital are at the centre of plans to get things right.
Whats our aim?
The aim of the Healthwatch project is to hear people’s experiences of being discharged, as well as the support they have received once they left hospital. It is also about hearing about the experiences from the point of view of family and friends who are such an integral part of people’s support networks. It is key that these experiences are at the centre of planning as we move forward, as the priority must be to getting it right for people and their families and unpaid carers.
