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<p>In September the Government announced the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge
Fund to support timely and safe discharge from hospital into the community. The funding
has been split between local authorities and National Health Service integrated care
boards (ICBs). All the funding will be pooled through the Better Care Fund, with local
authorities and ICBs jointly planning how it should be spent.</p><p>On 9 January 2023,
the Government announced £200 million in new funding for the NHS to buy thousands
of extra beds in care homes and other settings to help discharge more patients who
are fit to leave hospital and free up hospital beds for those who need them. This
additional funding will be allocated to ICBs and we expect they will work with local
authorities to identify where the new capacity is most needed.</p>
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