Trapped in Northampton General Hospital for up to a year: three wards of recovered patients are marooned in NGH

Trapped in Northampton General Hospital for up to a year: three wards of recovered patients are marooned in NGH Elderly patients are living at Northampton General Hospital for up to a year because the NHS cannot set up adequate home care, the Chronicle & Echo has learned.

The crisis is being caused by chronic delays in finding home care, with waits for a standard package - two carers four times a day - of “at least six weeks to eight weeks”. One man arrived with a minor physical condition and stayed on a geriatric ward for 12 months even though, aside from his dementia, he was well. Northampton Chronicle and Echo