Record numbers of 'fit' patients stuck in hospital spark fears for NHS winter crisis Cuts to local social care blamed for lack of patient support as NHS England figures show targets for cancer treatment and ambulance response times missed
Record numbers of patients are getting stuck in hospital in England despite being fit to leave, raising new fears that the NHS will struggle to cope with this year’s winter pressures and could run out of beds.
In all, 160,094 bed days were taken up in hospitals in England during October by patients who were unable to be discharged safely, mainly because local social care was unavailable to support them. Continue reading... The Guardian
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Record numbers of patients are getting stuck in hospital in England despite being fit to leave, raising new fears that the NHS will struggle to cope with this year’s winter pressures and could run out of beds.
In all, 160,094 bed days were taken up in hospitals in England during October by patients who were unable to be discharged safely, mainly because local social care was unavailable to support them. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- VIDEO: Why hospitals are under so much pressure BBC News
- VIDEO: 'More beds needed to ease pressure on hospitals' BBC News
- NHS winter crisis deepens: A&E targets missed as 'frail and elderly' are blamed for bedblocking levels reaching record highs The Daily Mail
- NHS faces a double crisis this winter as financial day of reckoning nears The Guardian
- NHS bed-blocking reaches highest ever level as key targets missed The Independent
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