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Huge numbers of hospital beds filled with patients “trapped” despite being fit to leave are adding to the deepening chaos in A&E and forcing operations to be cancelled, a survey of NHS bosses for the Guardian has revealed.
Half of hospitals reported that at least 10% of beds are taken up by “bedblockers”, 50 NHS trust heads across England said. Twenty of the respondents said as many as one in five beds could not be used for new admittances, according to the research by NHS Providers. At Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, one of the largest hospitals in England, 87 of 1,000 beds are filled with such patients. One has been there for 72 days after she was declared fit to leave and another for 59 days.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/07/-sp-bedblockers-worsening-nhs-hospitals-crisis
Half of hospitals reported that at least 10% of beds are taken up by “bedblockers”, 50 NHS trust heads across England said. Twenty of the respondents said as many as one in five beds could not be used for new admittances, according to the research by NHS Providers. At Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, one of the largest hospitals in England, 87 of 1,000 beds are filled with such patients. One has been there for 72 days after she was declared fit to leave and another for 59 days.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/07/-sp-bedblockers-worsening-nhs-hospitals-crisis