Stuck in Hospital

Dec 14, 2022

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The NHS Confederation highlighted that only 4 in 10 patients were able to leave hospital when they were ready to. They said that at that point there were almost 13,000 patients a day who spent more time in hospital than needed.

Source: Care Quality Commission State of Care Report 2022

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