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Humza Yousaf unable to ‘get a grip’ on delayed discharges, say Scottish Tories

The Health Secretary is “unable to get a grip” on delayed discharges from Scottish hospitals, the Scottish Conservatives have said. The latest figures from Public Health Scotland highlighted a 57% year-on-year increase in delays to discharging ...

05 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

NHS sees 58% increase in days hospital patients spend waiting for discharge

Ministers have been warned that increasing numbers of patients are being “stuck in hospital unnecessarily” after new figures showed a 58% increase in the number of days people spent in hospital when they were well enough to leave. Public ...

03 May 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Delayed discharge rates ‘spiralling out of control again’, Labour warns

Delayed discharges from Scottish hospitals are “spiralling”, Labour said after figures showed they had reached the highest level since the start of the pandemic. On February 2, there were 1,666 people in hospital whose discharge was ...

04 Feb 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Average number of hospital delayed discharge days jumps by half in a year

The average number of delayed discharge days in Scotland’s hospitals has jumped by 50% in the last year, figures show. A report by Public Health Scotland, released on Tuesday, showed that 1,690 people were delayed in May 2022. This ...

05 Jul 2022 at 13:19

More than nine in 10 medically fit patients stuck in hospital beds in some areas

More than nine out of 10 people in some parts of England are stuck in hospital beds despite being fit to leave, new analysis shows. Levels are particularly high in areas of the North West, where some trusts have as many as 95% of ...

08 Dec 2022 at 17:21

Scotland

NHS Lothian to ask families of some discharged patients to provide care at home

Relatives of some hospital patients are to be asked to provide care for their loved ones at home in a bid to free up beds. Bosses at NHS Lothian are urging anyone asked to provide care for a relative on an interim basis while ...

21 Dec 2022 at 12:29

Scotland

Yousaf announces £8m plan for care home beds to help with bed blocking

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced an extra £8 million of funding to help the NHS deal with the “extraordinary pressures” is is facing this winter – with the additional funding to provide about 300 beds in care ...

10 Jan 2023 at 17:27

Ambulance handover delays fall to lowest this winter despite ‘relentless’ pressure

Ambulance handover delays outside hospitals in England have dropped to their lowest level this winter, though one in five patients are still waiting at least half an hour to be transferred to A&E teams, figures show. ...

26 Jan 2023 at 12:50

Scotland

More cash could be released to buy up care home beds, hints Michael Matheson

Scotland’s Health Secretary has hinted at a possible increase in spending to buy up care home beds in a bid to reduce hospital waiting times. In recent months, the number of people seen within four hours at A&E in ...

24 Apr 2023 at 14:28

Scotland

‘Woeful’ figures shows hospital delayed discharges at new record high

Levels of delayed discharges in the NHS have reached a new record high, with figures showing patients who were medically well enough to leave spent a total of 661,705 days in hospital last year. That total, for ...

27 Jun 2023 at 13:24

Scotland

Rise in average beds lost to delayed discharges in Scotland’s NHS

The average number of hospital beds lost every day to delayed discharge in Scotland increased slightly in May, latest figures show. The most up-to-date figures released by Public Health Scotland (PHS) on ...

04 Jul 2023 at 14:47

Scotland

Slight drop in NHS beds lost to delayed discharge but total remains above 1,700

The average number of beds lost every day to delayed discharge in Scotland’s NHS has dropped slightly – but the total still remains about 1,700, new figures show. Statistics released by Public Health ...

06 Jun 2023 at 13:19

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