Up to one in three English hospital beds occupied by patients fit for discharge
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
Exclusive: Acute lack of social care means people are not able to leave, often causing their health to worsen ‘ A doctor told me I could be here for months’: patients stuck in England’s hospitals As many as one in three hospital beds in parts of England are occupied by patients who are well enough to be discharged, with a chronic lack of social care meaning many do not have suitable places to go.
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