Q&As on Hospital Discharge

If a person qualifies for continuing care, the Health Authority is now enjoined by guidance to pay for the whole package of care, and the person will eventually have their benefit changed to the hospital rate of benefit, which leaves them with less than the Personal Expenses Allowance in their hands, because everything else is […]

Mental Health Review tribunals sit to hear applications for discharge from hospital when hospital managers are unwilling to discharge those who have been detained, back into the community. They have wide powers to decide whether someone is still suffering from a mental illness or not, and whether they should be absolutely or conditionally discharged from