Timely patient discharge will ensure hospitals don't become frailty factories

Timely patient discharge will ensure hospitals don't become frailty factories Commission to gather evidence of how hospitals have tackled bottlenecks, long waits and delayed care transfers

Let me let you in on a secret: winter is coming. Sure as night follows day the NHS will be in the headlines as A&Es and hospital wards fill up and valiant staff struggle to deliver the right care to people in the right place at the right time.

Last winter ministers established a weekly emergency meeting to manage the pressures in the system. The intention may have been a good one but it is no way to run our NHS – it tends to focus on the immediate presenting issues often treating symptoms rather than causes. Continue reading... The Guardian