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Hospitals are facing growing "bed blocking" as they try to deal with an increase in the number of patients needing to be admitted as emergencies this winter.
New NHS figures show the total number of bed days lost because of "delayed transfers of care" ? usually caused because social care support is not available to allow a fit patient to return home ? hit 70,124 last month, the highest December total since the NHS started recording the figures in 2010.
The 162,728 delayed discharges so far this winter are well up on last winter's 135,368 equivalent.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/25/nhs-hospitals-bed-blocking-figures
New NHS figures show the total number of bed days lost because of "delayed transfers of care" ? usually caused because social care support is not available to allow a fit patient to return home ? hit 70,124 last month, the highest December total since the NHS started recording the figures in 2010.
The 162,728 delayed discharges so far this winter are well up on last winter's 135,368 equivalent.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/25/nhs-hospitals-bed-blocking-figures