SHA Scotland: NHS and Social Care Survey Question Title * 1. Where do you work? Hospital Primary care Social care Ambulance service Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. In your opinion, what policy action would make the biggest difference to NHS waiting times Question Title * 3. In hospital settings, have you experienced Patients (not those awaiting social care) being discharged early, due to hospital pressures, and then being readmitted. Unsafe staffing levels due to hospitals operating over capacity Ambulance crews waiting for excessive periods at the hospital while their patient awaits a bed Patients who need a social care package being admitted to hospital due to “not coping at home”. Patients admitted for emergency respite care due to their primary carer being unable to fulfil their role (e.g. carer is hospitalised due to health condition and the person they care for is admitted too). Patients awaiting social care packages experiencing discharge delay Other (please specify) None of the above Question Title * 4. Which of these social care interventions would help reduce inappropriate hospital stays Quicker social care assessments More respite care capacity Suspending, not terminating, care packages during short-term hospital admissions Short-term care package for patients discharged after a hospital stay (to support their recovery period) Other (please specify) None of the above Question Title * 5. Are there other policy actions that would help relieve the pressure on hospitals? Done