Lack of social care has led to 2.5 million lost bed days in the NHS between the last Election and this one

Lack of social care has led to 2.5 million lost bed days in the NHS between the last Election and this one Over the same period these ‘social care delayed discharges’ have cost the NHS a total of £587 million, or £27,000 each and every hour

During the 917 days between the last General Election on 8th June 2017 and the upcoming Election on 12th December 2019, new Age UK analysis finds that lost bed days in the NHS due to a lack of social care will have topped the 2.5 million mark.

The cost to the NHS of our national failure to reform and refinance social care over this period is £587 million overall, equivalent to £640,000 every day, or £27,000 every hour, the Charity says.

See also:

• 2.5million NHS bed days have been lost since the last election The Daily Mail
• One in eight care homes closes amid growing crisis in social care The Daily Telegraph