Healthcare leaders call on government to reinstate Discharge to Assess funding

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The NHS Confederation and healthcare leaders have called on the government to reinstate the national Discharge to Assess funding ahead of winter 2022. The NHS Confederation has said that healthcare leaders have argued that the decision to do away with it ‘has left thousands of medically fit patients waiting in hospital beds’ and failure to reinstate it ‘will risk a health emergency’. The NHS Confederation has also called on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Thérèse Coffey, to implement other measures to reduce the pressures on the NHS during this period, including investing in social care and taking action to address the pensions crisis.