# Case (Delay to discharge). Lancashire County Council (LGSCO, 24 022 487)

**URL:** <https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-delay-to-discharge-lancashire-county-council-lgsco-24-022-487/6111>\
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**Created:** [10 September 2026 20:40 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-delay-to-discharge-lancashire-county-council-lgsco-24-022-487/6111 "2026-09-10T20:40:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 September 2026 20:40 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-delay-to-discharge-lancashire-county-council-lgsco-24-022-487/6111/1 "2026-09-10T20:40:00Z")

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— The council wasted time in arranging an EMI nursing home for the patient as part of her s117 aftercare, by allocating her case to a social worker who was on sick leave, delaying reallocation, delaying the search for accommodation, and miscommunicating with a potential placement. Without these faults the patient would most likely have been discharged sooner. The council was ordered to apologise, pay £600 and £300 to the patient and her son respectively for the injustice, and produce an action plan to avoid similar fault reoccurring.

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Lancashire\_County\_Council\_(LGSCO,\_24\_022\_487)?id=100926-2040](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Lancashire_County_Council_(LGSCO,_24_022_487)?id=100926-2040)