7Delayed discharge payments: supplementary
(1)In prescribing an amount under section 6(2) the appropriate Minister must have regard (among other things) to either or both of the following matters—
(a)costs to NHS bodies of providing accommodation and personal care to patients who are ready to be discharged; and
(b)costs to social services authorities of providing community care services to, and services to carers in relation to, persons who have been discharged.
(2)Any payment which the responsible authority is required to make under section 6 in relation to qualifying hospital patient shall, subject to subsection (3), be made to the responsible NHS body.
(3)In cases of any description prescribed in regulations the payment shall be made to the person prescribed in relation to cases of that description.