Bed-blocking 'is causing 8,000 deaths every year' Up to 8,000 people die every year because of bed-blocking on NHS wards, experts claim.
The toll is the result of so-called delayed discharges, in which there are no beds for those who need surgery because patients who have been treated and are medically fit to go home cannot leave hospital.
This leads to the cancellation of operations, which may not be rescheduled for weeks. Research by experts at the universities of Oxford, Liverpool, York and Glasgow suggests this may lead to thousands of deaths.
Using NHS figures from August 2010 to March 2016, the team found that when delayed discharges rose sharply between 2014 and 2015 the number of deaths in the wider population soared as well. The Daily Mail
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The toll is the result of so-called delayed discharges, in which there are no beds for those who need surgery because patients who have been treated and are medically fit to go home cannot leave hospital.
This leads to the cancellation of operations, which may not be rescheduled for weeks. Research by experts at the universities of Oxford, Liverpool, York and Glasgow suggests this may lead to thousands of deaths.
Using NHS figures from August 2010 to March 2016, the team found that when delayed discharges rose sharply between 2014 and 2015 the number of deaths in the wider population soared as well. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Could the rise in mortality rates since 2015 be explained by changes in the number of delayed discharges of NHS patients? (open access) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- England and Wales death rate rise linked to longer stays in hospital BBC News
- Up to 8,000 deaths a year may be caused by rising bed-blocking The Daily Telegraph
- Delayed hospital transfers may explain rise in population deaths OnMedica
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