Thursday 15 February 2018

10,000 dementia patients a year 'left on hospital wards'

10,000 dementia patients a year 'left on hospital wards' Up To 10,000 Alzheimer’s patients a year have been left on hospital wards despite being cleared to leave.

Figures show the NHS has spent £15 million a month to keep people in hospital because of a lack of social care beds.

Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, said vulnerable patients could die if they are not discharged at the right time. The Daily Mail

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