Decision Maker: Health and Wellbeing Board
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Steve Taylor; Chief Officer/Managing Director Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation reported that on average over the last 18 months the readmission rate is 6.1% within a 30 day period. The greatest percentage is not within the frail elderly cohort, rather the 19-64 age group and in general medicine and reported a 4.8 days average re-admission length of stay.
It was agreed:
Steve Taylor; Chief Officer/Managing Director Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation will provide a report for consideration at the next meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board with regards to re-admission rates; the report will include information in respect of the reasons for the admittances, as well as comparative data/national averages.
Publication date: 14/08/2019
Date of decision: 27/11/2018
Decided at meeting: 27/11/2018 - Health and Wellbeing Board