£1bn bedblocking fund not being spent properly, say 40% of hospitals

£1bn bedblocking fund not being spent properly, say 40% of hospitals Hospital bosses say local councils are failing to properly boost social care provision so that more patients can be discharged

More than 40% of British hospitals say they cannot guarantee patients will receive safe care next winter because a sum of £1bn earmarked to reduce “bedblocking” is not being spent properly.

Hospital bosses claim that many local councils are failing to put the emergency funding into schemes to help patients get home quicker by improving social care support for them. Continue reading... The Guardian