Author: NHS England
Resource Type: Guidance & toolkit
Categories: Integrated care and social care
Publishing body: NHS
This framework is focused on step-down intermediate care – time-limited, short-term (typically no longer than 6 weeks) health and/or social care provided to adults (aged 18 years or over) who need support after discharge from acute inpatient settings and virtual wards to help them rehabilitate, re-able and recover.