NHS data shows rise in homeless patients returning to streets Exclusive: number of hospital discharges of people of no fixed abode up 30% since 2014
Thousands of homeless patients have been discharged from NHS hospitals directly back to the streets in the past five years, despite some being in recovery from major surgery and mental health crises, the Guardian can reveal.
Experts have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis in England after instances of patients leaving hospital with nowhere to go rose by nearly a third between 2014 and 2018. Thousands of homeless patients were readmitted within six months, according to figures obtained by the Guardian.
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