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Ten thousand days were lost to bed blockers in West Midland hospitals in just one month, the Express & Star can today reveal.
Sandwell was the worst area in the Black Country with patients having to spend 970 days in hospital unnecessarily because their discharge or transfer was delayed, new figures show.
In Dudley 955 extra days were spent in hospital, 877 in Wolverhampton, and 283 in Walsall.
Reasons for the hold-ups include waiting for beds to become available in care homes and delays in patients’ houses being fitted with equipment such as rails and stairlifts.
Health bosses argue that work is being done to get patients moved through the system more quickly. And they say the figures for December reflect a busy month when resources were under severe pressure.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...ng-10000-extra-days-in-hospital-in-one-month/
Sandwell was the worst area in the Black Country with patients having to spend 970 days in hospital unnecessarily because their discharge or transfer was delayed, new figures show.
In Dudley 955 extra days were spent in hospital, 877 in Wolverhampton, and 283 in Walsall.
Reasons for the hold-ups include waiting for beds to become available in care homes and delays in patients’ houses being fitted with equipment such as rails and stairlifts.
Health bosses argue that work is being done to get patients moved through the system more quickly. And they say the figures for December reflect a busy month when resources were under severe pressure.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...ng-10000-extra-days-in-hospital-in-one-month/