Issue - meetings

At the midpoint of the FutureCare Programme, substantial operational benefits have been delivered. 

These include reducing the number of people moving directly into a residential and nursing home following a stay in a community hospital bed by 30%, increasing the number of people being referred to same day emergency care as an alternative to a hospital stay from a baseline position of 594 people per week to 649 per week and reducing the average length of time people stay in a community hospital or in a short stay care home bed from a baseline position of 38.2 days to a current position of 33.3 days.

However, so far, the programme has only had a limited impact on reducing the length of time people spend in hospital waiting for a care package once they become medically fit.  On 6 October, the average length of time a person was waiting to be discharged from hospital with a care package, was 9.64 days, against a target of 8.07 days.  At the beginning of the programme, the average length of stay was 9.7 days.

Overall, at the beginning of October the programme was on track against its operational benefits trajectory, delivering a projected £12.87m of annual operational benefits, against a target of £12.54m.