step down

The first choice, a step-down facility with enhanced services for those leaving locked care, was quickly ruled out.

Last year, among a series of funding packages, the NHS was given £200m to create "step-down" wards for those awaiting a care package to start or for home adaptions to be made.

The treatment beds range from detox to step-down care for people leaving long-term care.

It was her fourth such stay, and the first one the county had agreed should be followed by a step-down program, she said.

Central bank meetings loom in Australia and New Zealand next week, and markets have priced a pause for Australia and step-down in pace to a 25 basis point hike for New Zealand.