Hospital discharge
A safe home to leave hospital to
We work with NHS discharge teams, hospital housing link workers and adult social care to find homes quickly for patients who are fit to leave but have nowhere suitable to go.
A patient who is medically fit but has no home to go to stays on a ward they no longer need, and the bed cannot be used for someone else. A furnished home, ready at short notice, frees that bed.
How we help
- Quick responses to referrals from discharge and housing link teams
- Furnished homes with utilities set up, including ground-floor and accessible options where available
- A Housing Officer to meet the resident on the day they leave hospital
- Liaison with community health and social care so follow-up appointments are not missed
- Weekly coaching, including help to register with a GP and sort out benefits
Who this suits
Transitional housing suits people who are well enough to live in their own home, with or without a care package arranged by the relevant service, but who cannot return to their previous accommodation.
We do not provide personal care or clinical services. Where someone needs care or health input, this is arranged through the appropriate health or social care provider, and we work closely with them.
Working on discharge pathways?
We would be glad to talk with discharge teams, integrated care boards and councils about delayed discharges in your area.
