NHS discharge delays hit record levels
Posted: 10 Dec 2015, 11:49le patients are getting stuck in hospital in England as delays discharging people hit record levels, figures show.
There were more than 160,000 days lost to delays in October - up a third since 2010.
Experts said the problems were being caused by a lack of community services to release patients into.
The figures also showed many NHS targets - covering A&E units, cancer care and ambulances - were being missed.
Leading research group, the Nuffield Trust, said the NHS faced a real struggle this winter unless it could urgently invested in extra beds in care homes and other community settings to relieve the pressure on hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35053845
There were more than 160,000 days lost to delays in October - up a third since 2010.
Experts said the problems were being caused by a lack of community services to release patients into.
The figures also showed many NHS targets - covering A&E units, cancer care and ambulances - were being missed.
Leading research group, the Nuffield Trust, said the NHS faced a real struggle this winter unless it could urgently invested in extra beds in care homes and other community settings to relieve the pressure on hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35053845