NHS Digital responds to Healthwatch call to monitor emergency readmission rates
New plans to investigate rising emergency readmissons to hospitals announced in response to concerns raised by patients.
NHS Digital responds to the Healthwatch call to monitor emergency readmission rates and investigate the reasons why people return to hospital just 30 days after they have been discharged.
In November last year research by Healthwatch England identified a significant spike in people having to return to hospital for unplanned further treatment within 30 days of being discharged. The issue of emergency readmissions is not a new one. In 2015 Healthwatch ran extensive research on people’s experiences of leaving hospital, where we heard from over 3,000 people.
